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EXCERPTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS 

N of the 

Society of the Cincinnati 

in the 

State of New Jersey 

from 

May 13th, 1783, to July 4th, 1906 



Also a Summary of the 

TREASURER'S ACCOUNT 

with the original members 



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This book has been given by the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of 
New Jersey to ■^.iMl?.<>r^. f}. . .^<<?>rV.QA-<-<?<?. . . with the express 
understanding that it is not to be sold, given away, or passed from his posses- 
sion, except to his successor and representative in the Society. If he should 
die without a representative, it is understood that the book becomes the prop- 
erty of the Society. v- ^ ^ ^ /7 



Copyright, 1908, by W. T. B. S. Imlay, 

for the 

Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey. 



PREFATORY NOTE. 

By virtue of a Resolve of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of 
New Jersey passed at Lakewood on the 22d day of February in the year 1906, 
a special Committee was appointed for the purpose of preparing and printing 
an excerpted, or rather condensed and digested copy of the proceedings of the 
Society from the date of its organization and first meeting on the 13th day of 
May, 1783, to and including the regular annual meeting of igo6. 

The following named gentlemen composed the said committee : Henry 
Applegate Wilson, William Pancoast Barber, William Pennington and 
Charles Hornblower Woodruff, and at their request Wessel TenBroeck Stout 
Inilay, Secretary of the Society co-operated with them, rendering material 
assistance in the preparation of this book for the press. 

It was thought advisable to undertake this work for several reasons, but 
chiefly because it is believed that an intimate knowledge of the transactions 
of the Society and the various proceedings which led up to them must be of 
deep interest to all members of this order, constituting as do these minutes 
the \'eritab!e history, not alone of the Society as such, but of the actions 
and sentiments of our forefathers in their representative characters as mem- 
bers of the order. 

There is, then, a personal as well as an institutional value to a work 
like this, and it has been the object of the Committee to prepare a book which 
shall contain the spirit and truth of the proceedings of the Society of the 
Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey from its birth to the present day, freed 
from such matter as would by repetition and relative unimportance impede the 
study of the Society's doings during that period. 

The main object to be attained by this publication is that every member 
of the Society may readily become acquainted with the history and pro- 
ceedings and instructed in the principles and precedents, of the Cincinnati 
in New Jersey, to the end that he may feel closer bound unto this "Society of 
Friends" and, realizing that organizations of this nature should have a 
valuable present and future, as well as a distinguished past, joined in a proud 
brotherhood of endeavor so that our Order, prospering "from strength to 
strength," shall "endure" in the historic and patriotic sense as set forth 
in its honored Institution. 



THE BEGINNING OF THE ORDER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE 

CINCINNATI. CANTONMENT OF THE AMERICAN 

ARMY, ON HUDSONS RIVER, loTH MAY, 1783. 

Proposals for establishing a Society, upon principles therein men- 
tioned, whose members shall be officers of the American Army, having been 
communicated to the several regiments of the respective lines, they appointed 
an officer from each, who, in conjunction with the general officers, should 
take the same into consideration, at their meeting this day, at which the 
honorable Major-General Baron de Steuben, the senior officer present, was 
pleased to preside. The proposals being read, fully considered, paragraph 
by paragraph, and the amendments agreed to. Major-general Knox, Briga- 
dier-general Hand, Brigadier-general Huntington, and Captain Shaw ; were 
chosen to revise the same, and prepare a copy to be laid before this assembly at 
their next meeting, to be holden at Major-general baron de Steuben's quarters, 
on Tuesday, the thirteenth instant. 

TUESDAY, 13 MAY, 1783. 

The representatives of the American army being assembled, agreeably 
to adjournment, the plan for establishing a Society, whereof the officers of the 
American Army are to be members, is accepted, and is as follows, viz. : 

THE INSTITUTION. 

"It having pleased the Supreme Governor of the universe, in the disposi- 
tion of human affairs, to cause the separation of the colonies of North America 
from the domination of Great Britain, and after a bloody conflict of eight 
years, to establish them free, independent, and sovereign states, connected, by 
alliances founded on reciprocal advantage, with some of the great princes and 
powers of the earth. 

"To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as 
the mutual friendships which have been formed under the pressure of common 
danger, and, in many instances, cemented by the blood of the parties, the 
officers of the American army do, hereby, in the most solemn manner, 
associate, constitute and combine themselves into one Society of Friends, to 
endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and 
in failure thereof, the collateral branches who may be judged worthy of 
becoming its supporters and members. 

"The officers of the American army having generally been taken from the 
citizens of America, possess high veneration for the character of that illus- 
trious Roman, Lucius Ouintius Cincinnatus, and being resolved to follow his 
example, by returning to their citizenship, they think they may with propriety 
denominate themselves, the Society of the Cincinnati. 



"The following principles shall be immutable and form the basis of the 
Society of the Cincinnati. 

"An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights and 
liberties of human nature for which they have fought and bled, and without 
which the high rank of rational being is a curse instead of a blessing. 

"An unalterable determination to promote and cherish, between the 
respective States, that union and national honor so essentially necessary to 
their happiness, and the future dignity of the American Empire. 

"To render permanent the cordial affection subsisting among the officers : 
this spirit will dictate brotherly kindness in all things, and particularly, extend 
to the mos't substantial acts of beneficence, according to the ability of the 
society, towards those officers and their families, who unfortunately may 
be under the necessity of receiving it. 

"The general society will, for the sake of frequent communications, be 
divided into state societies, and these again into such districts as shall be 
directed by the state society. 

"The societies of the districts to meet as often as shall be agreed upon 
by the state society, those of the state on the fourth day of July annually 
or oftener if they shall find it expedient, and the general society on the 
first Monday in May, annually, as long as they deem it necessary, and 
afterwards, at least once in every three years. 

"At each meeting, the principles of the institution will be fully consid- 
ered, and the best measures to promote them adopted. 

"The state societies will consist of all the members resident in each state 
respectively; and any member removing from one state to another, is to be 
considered in all respects, as belonging to the Society of the state in which 
he shall actually reside. 

"The state societies to have a president, vice-president, secretary, treas- 
urer, and assistant treasurer to be chosen annually by a majority of votes at 
the state meeting. 

"Each state meeting shall write annually, or oftener, if necessary, a 
circular letter, to the other state societies, noting whatever they may think 
worthy of observation, respecting the good of the society, or the general 
union of the states, and giving information of the officers chosen for the 
current year : copies of these letters shall be regularly transmitted to the 
Secretary-general of the Society, who will record them in a book to be 
assigned for that purpose. 

"The state society will regulate everything respecting itself and the 
societies of its districts consistent with the general maxims of the Cincinnati, 
judge of the qualifications of the members who may be proposed, and expel 
any member who, by a conduct inconsistent with a gentleman and a man 
of honor, or by an opposition to the interest of the community in general, 
or the Society in particular, may render himself unworthy to continue a 
member. 

"In order to form funds which may be respectable, and assist the unfor- 
tunate, each officer shall deliver to the treasurer of the state society, one 
month's pay, which shall remain forever to the use of the state society; 



the interest only of which, if necessary, to be appropriated to the rehef 
of the unfortunate. 

"Donations may be made by persons not of the Society, and by members 
of the Society, for the express purpose of forming permanent funds for the 
use of the state society, and the interests of these donations appropriated in 
the same manner as that of the month's pay. 

"Monies, at the pleasure of each member, may be subscribed in the 
societies of the districts, or the state societies, for the relief of the unfortunate 
members, or their widows and orphans, to be appropriated by the state society 
only. 

"The meeting of the general society shall consist of its officers and a 
representation from each state society, in number not exceeding five, whose 
expenses shall be born by their respective state societies. 

"In the general meeting, the president, vice-president, secretary, assistant 
.secretary, treasurer, and assistant treasurer generals, shall be chosen, to serve 
until the next meeting. 

"The circular letters which have been written by the respective state 
societies to each other, and their particular laws, shall be read and con- 
sidered, and all measures concerted which may conduce to the general intend- 
ment of the society. 

"It is probable that some persons may make donations to the general 
society, for the purpose of establishing funds for the further comfort of 
the unfortunate, in which case such donations must be placed in the hands 
of the treasurer-general, the interests only of which to be disposed of, if 
necessary, by the general meeting. 

"All the officers of the American army, as well those who have resigned 
with honor, after three years service in the capacity of ofScers, or who have 
been deranged by the resolutions of Congress, upon the several reforms of 
the army, as those who shall have continued to the end of the war, have 
the right to become parties to this institution : provided that they subscribe 
one month's pay, and sign their names to the general rules, in their respective 
state societies, those who are present with the army immediately, and others 
within six months after the army shall be disbanded, extraordinan; cases 
excepted ; the rank, time of service, resolution of Congress by which any 
have been deranged, and place of residence, must be added to each name — 
and as a testimony of ai¥ection to the memory and the offspring of such 
officers as have died in the service, their eldest male branches shall have 
the same right of becoming members, as the children of the active members 
of the Society. 

"Those officers who are foreigners, not resident in any of the states, 
will have their names enrolled by the secretary-general, and are to be con- 
sidered as members in the societies of any of the states in which they may 
happen to be. 

"And as there are, and will at all times be, men in the respective states 
eminent for their abilities and patriotism, whose views may be directed to 
the same laudable objects with those of the Cincinnati, it shall be a rule to 
admit such characters, as honorary members of the society, for their own 



lives only; provided always, that the number of honorary members, in each 
state, does not exceed a ratio of one to four of the officers or their descendants. 

"Each state society ?hall obtain a list of its members, and at the first 
annual meeting, the state secretary shall have engrossed on parchment, two 
copies of the institution of the society, which every member present shall 
sign, and the secretary shall endeavor to procure the signature of every 
absent member; one of those lists to be transmitted to the secretary-general, 
to be kept in the archives of the society, and the other to remain in the hands 
of the state secretary. From the state lists, the secretary-general must make 
out, at the first general meeting, a complete list of the whole society, with 
a copy of which he will furnish each state secretary. 

"The society shall have an Order, by which its members shall be known 
and distinguished, which shall be a medal of gold, of a proper size to receive 
the emblems, and suspended by a deep blue ribbon two inches wide, edged 
with white, descriptive of the union of France and America, viz. 

"The principal figure 

CINCINNATUS 

Three senators presenting him with a sword and other military ensigns — 
on a field in the background, his wife standing at the door 
of their cottage — near it plough and instru- 
ments of husbandry, 

Round the whole 
Omnia reliquit servare Rempublicam 

On the reverse, 
Sun rising — a city with open gates, and vessels entering the port — Fame 

crowning Cincinnatus; 
with a wreath inscribed 

ViRTUTIS PrAEMIUM 

Below 
Hands joined, supporting a heart; 
with the motto 
EsTO Perpetua 

Round the whole 

Societas Cincinnatorum Instituta. 

A. D. 1783." 

The Society, deeply impressed with a sense of tlie generous assistance 
this country has received from France, and desirous of perpetuating the 
friendships which have been formed, and so happily subsisted, between the 
officers of the allied forces, in the prosecution of the war; direct that the 
president-general transmit, as soon as may be, to each of the characters 
hereafter named, a medal, containing the order of the Society, viz. : 

His Excellency the Chevalier de la Luzerne, Minister Plenipotentiary, 



His Excellency the Sieur Gerard, late Minister Plenipotentiary, 

Their Excellencies — the Count de Estaing, the Count de Grasse, the 
Count de Barras, the Chevalier de Touches, 

Admirals and commanders in the navy, 

His Excellency the Count de Rochambeau, Commander-in-Chief, 
and the Generals and Colonels of his army, and acquaint them, that the 
Society does itself the honor to consider them members. 

Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing institution be given to the 
senior officer of each state line, and that the officers of the respective state 
lines sign their names to the same in manner and form following, viz.. 

We, the subscribers, officers of the American army, do hereby voluntarily 
become parties to the foregoing institution, and do bind ourselves to observe, 
and be governed by, the principles therein contained — for the performance 
whereof we do solemnly pledge to each other our sacred honor. 
Done in the cantonment, on Hudsons River, in the year 1783. 

That the members of the society, at the time of subscribing their names to 
the institution, do also sign a draft on the paymaster-general, in the following 
terms (the regiments to do it regimentally, and the general?, and other officers 
not belonging to regiments, each for himself, individually) viz., 

"To John Peirce, Esquire, Pay-master-general to the Army of the United 
States, 

Sir 

Please to pay to treasurer for the 

State Association of the Cincinnati, or his order, one month's pay of 

our several grades respectively, and deduct the same from the balance which 

shall be found due to us on the final liquidation of our accounts; for which 

this shall be your warrant." 

That the members of the several state societies assemble as soon as may 
be, for the choice of their president and other officers, and that the presidents 
correspond together, and appoint a meeting of the officers who may be chosen 
for each state, in order to pursue such further measures as may be judged 
necessary. 

That the general officers, and the officers delegated to represent the 
several corps of the army, subscribe to the institution of the general society, 
for themselves and their constituents, in the manner and form before prescribed. 

That General Heath, General Baron de Steuben, and General Knox, 
be a committee to wait on his Excellency the commander-in-chief, with a 
copy of the institution, and request him to honor the Society by placing 
his name at the head of it. 

That major-general Heath, second in command in this army, be, and 
hereby is, desired to transmit copies of the institution, with the proceedings 
thereon, to the commanding officer of the southern army, the senior officer 
in each state, from Pennsylvania to Georgia inclusive, and to the commanding 
officer of the Rhode Island line, requesting them to communicate the same 
to the officers under their several commands, and to take such measures as 

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may appear to them necessary for expediting the establishment of their 
state societies, and sending a delegation to represent them in the first gen- 
eral meeting, to be holden on the first Monday in May, 1784. 
The meeting then adjourned without day. 

Sept. 23rd, 1783. 

"The Honorable General Dayton, the Honorable Colonel Brearley, Col- 
onel Gumming, Captain Ogden, and Captain Dayton, were appointed to rep- 
resent the state society at the next general meeting of the Cincinnati." 

1784. 

The gentlemen appointed to attend the meeting of the General Society 
laid before this Society a circular letter addressed to the state societies 
together with the institution as altered and amended, which were ordered 
to be read and are as follows : 

(CIRCULAR) 

To THE State Society of the Cincinnati, 

in 

Gentlemen : 

We, the delegates of the Cincinnati, after the most mature and deliberate 
discussion of the principles and objects of our society, have thought proper 
to recommend that the enclosed institution of the society of the Cincinnati, 
as altered and amended at their first meeting, should be adopted by your 
state society. 

In order that our conduct on this occasion, may stand approved 
in the eyes of the world ; that we may not incur the imputation of obstinacy, 
on the one hand, or levity on the other; and that you may be induced more 
cheerfully to comply with our recommendation, we beg leave to communicate 
the reasons on which we have acted. 

Previous to our laying them before you, we hold it a duty to ourselves 
and to our fellow citizens to declare, and we call heaven to witness the ver- 
acity of our declaration, that, in our whole agency on this sub- 
ject, we have been actuated by the purest principles; notwithstand- 
ing we are thus conscious for ourselves of the rectitude of our 
intentions in instituting or becoming members of this fraternity: and not- 
withstanding we are confident the highest evidence can be produced from 
your past, and will be given by your future behavior, that you could not have 
been influenced by any other motives than those of friendship, patriotism 
and benevolence; yet as our designs in some respects have been misappre- 
hended ; as the ins'trument of our association was, of necessity, drawn up in 
a hasty manner, at an epoch as extraordinary as it will be memorable in 
the annals of mankind when the mind, agitated by variety of emotions, was 
not at liberty to attend minutely to every circumstance which respected our 
social connection, or to digest our ideas into so correct a form as could 
have been wished ; as the original institution appeared, in the opinion of 
many respectable characters, to have comprehended objects which are deemed 
incompatible with the genius and spirit of the confederation and as, in this 
case, it would eventually frustrate our purposes, and be productive of con- 



sequences which we had not foreseen — therefore, to remove every cause of 
inquietude; to annihilate every source of jealousy; to designate explicitly 
the ground on which we wish to stand; and to give one more proof, that 
the late officers of the American army have a claim to be reckoned among 
the most faithful citizens, we have agreed, that the following material 
alterations and amendments should take place; that the hereditary succession 
should be abolished; that all interference with political subjects should be 
done away; and that the funds should be placed under the immediate cogni- 
zance of the several legislatures, who should also be requested to grant 
charters for more effectually carrying our humane designs into execution. 

In giving our reasons for the alteration in the first article, we must ask 
your indulgence while we recall your attention to the original occasion which 
induced us to form ourselves into a society of friends. Having lived in the 
strictest habits of amity, through the various stages of a war, unparalleled 
in many of its circumstances; having seen the objects, for which we contended, 
happily attained ; in the moment of triumph and separation, when we were 
about to act the last pleasing, melancholy scene in our military drama; 
pleasing because we were to leave our Country possessed of independence 
and peace ; melancholy, because we were to part, perhaps, never to meet again ; 
while every breast was penetrated with feelings, which can be more easily 
conceived than described ; while every little act of tenderness recurred fresh 
to the recollection, — it was impossible not to wish our friendships should be 
continued; it was extremely natural to desire they might be perpetuated by 
our posterity, to the remotest ages. With these impressions and with such 
sentiments we candidly confess we signed the institution. We know our 
motives were irreproachable; but finding it apprehended by many of our 
countrymen, that this would be drawing an unjustifiable line of discrimina- 
tion between our descendents and the rest of the community, and averse to 
the creation of unnecessary and unpleasing distinctions, we could not hesi- 
tate to relinquish everything but our personal friendships, of which we can- 
not be divested, and those acts of beneficence, which, it is our intention, should 
flow from them. 

With views equally pure and disinterested, we proposed to use our 
collective influence in support of that government, and confirmation of that 
union, the establishment of which had engaged so considerable a part of 
our lives. But, learning from a variety of information, that this is deemed an 
ofiicious and improper interference and that, if we are not charged with 
having sinister designs, yet we are accused of arrogating too much, and 
assuming the guardianship of the liberties of our country; thus circumstanced, 
we could not think of opposing ourselves to the concurring opinions of our 
fellow citizens, however founded, or of giving anxiety to those whose hap- 
piness it is our interest and duty to promote. 

We come next to speak of the charitable part of our institution which 
we esteem, the basis of it. By placing your fund in the hands of the 
legislature of your State, and letting them see the application is to the best 
purposes, you demonstrate the integrity of your actions, as well as the 
rectitude of your principles. And having convinced them your intentions 



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are only of a friendly and benevolent nature, we are induced to believe they 
will patronize a design which they cannot but approve; and that they will 
foster the good dispositions and encourage the beneficent acts of those, who 
are disposed to make use of the most effectual and most unexceptional mode 
of relieving the distressed. For this purpose, it is to be hoped that charters 
may be obtained in consequence of the applications which are directed to 
be made. It is also judged most proper that the admission of members 
should be submitted to the regulation of such charters; because, by thus 
acting in conformity to the sentiments of government, we not only give 
another instance of our reliance upon it, but of our disposition to remove 
every source of uneasiness respecting our Society. 

We trust it has not escaped your attention, gentlemen that the only 
object? of which we are desirous to preserve the remembrance, are of such 
a nature, as cannot be displeasing to our countrymen, or unprofitable to 
posterity; we have retained, accordingly, those devices, which recognize 
the manner of returning to our citizenship; not as ostentatious marks of 
discrimination, but as pledges of our friendship, and emblems, whose appear- 
ance will never permit us to deviate from the path of virtue. And, we 
presume, in this place, it may not be inexpedient to inform you, that these 
are considered as the most endearing tokens of friendship, and held in the 
highest estimation by such of our allies as have become entitled to them, 
by having contributed their personal services to the establishment of our 
independence; that these gentlemen, who are among the first in rank and 
reputation, have been permitted, by their Sovereign, to hold this grateful 
memorial of our reciprocal affections ; and this fraternal intercourse is viewed, 
by that illustrious monarch, and other distinguished characters, as no small 
additional cement to that harmony and reciprocation of good offices, which 
so happily prevail between the two nations. 

Having now relinquished whatever has been found objectionable in 
our original institution; having, by the deference thus paid to the prevail- 
ing sentiments of the community, neither, as we conceive, lessened the dignity 
nor diminished the consistency of character, which it is our ambition to 
support, in the eyes of the present, as well as future, generations ; having thus 
removed every possible objection to our remaining connected as a Society, 
and cherishing our mutual friendships to the close of life; and having, as 
we flatter ourselves, retained in its utmost latitude, and placed upon a more 
certain and permanent foundation, that primary article of our association 
which respects the unfortunate. On these two great original pillars. Friend- 
ship and Charity, we rest our institution, and we appeal to your liberality, 
patriotism, and magnanimity — to your conduct on every other occasion, as 
well as to the purity of your intentions on the present, for the ratification of 
our proceedings. At the same time, we are happy in expressing a full 
confidence in the candor, justice and integrity of the public, that the institu- 
tion, as now altered and amended, will be perfectly satisfactory, and that 
acts of legislative authority will soon be passed, to give efficacy to your 
benevolence. 

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Before we conclude this address, permit us to add, that the cultivation 
of that amity we profess, and the extension of this charity we flatter our- 
selves, will be objects of sufficient importance to prevent a relaxation in the 
prosecution of them. To diffuse comfort and support to any of our unfortunate 
companions, who have seen better days, and merited a milder fate — to wipe 
the tear from the eye of the widow, who must have been consigned, with 
her helpless infants, to indigence and wretchedness, but for this charitable 
institution — to succor the fatherless — to rescue the female orphan from de- 
struction; to enable the son to emulate the virtues of his father, will be no un- 
pleasing task; it will communicate happiness to others, while it increases our 
own ; it will cheer our solitary reflections, and sooth our latest moments. Let 
us then prosecute with ardor, what we have instituted in sincerity; let Heaven 
and our own consciences approve our conduct; let our actions be the best 
comment on our words; and let us leave a lesson to posterity, that the glory 
of soldiers cannot be completed, without acting well the part of citizens. 

Signed by order, 

G. WASHINGTON, 

President. 
Philadelphia, May 15th, 1784. 



THE INSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI AS 

ALTERED AND AMENDED AT THEIR 

FIRST GENERAL MEETING. 

It having pleased the Supreme Governor of the universe to give success 
to the arms of our country, and to establish the United States free and in- 
dependent; therefore, gratefully to commemorate this event; to inculcate 
to the latest ages the duty of laying down, in peace, arms assumed for public 
defence, by forming an institution which recognizes that most important 
principle; to continue the mutual friendsips which commenced under the 
pressure of common danger ; and to effectuate the act of beneficence, dictated 
by the spirit of brotherly kindness, towards those officers and their families 
who unfortunately may be under the necessity of receiving them, — the 
officers of the American army do hereby constitute themselves into a society 
of Friends; and possessing the highest veneration for the character of that 
illustrious Roman, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus, denominate themselves The 
Society of the Cincinnati. 

Sec. I. The persons who constitute this Society are all the commissioned 
and brevet officers of the army and navy of the United States, who have served 
three years, and who left the service with reputation ; all officers who were in 
actual service at the conclusion of the war ; all the principal staff officers of the 
Continental army, and the officers who have been deranged by the several 
resolutions of Congress, upon the different reforms of the army. 

Sec. II. There are also admitted into this society, the late and present 
ministers of his most christian majesty to the United States; all the generals 

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and colonels of regiments and legions of the land forces ; all the admirals and 
captains of the navy, ranking as colonels, who have co-operated with the 
armies of the United States, in their exertions for liberty; and such other 
persons as have been admitted by the respective state meetings. 

Sec. III. The Society shall have a president, vice-president, secretary, 
and assistant secretary. 

Sec. IV. There shall be a meeting of the society, at least once in three 
years, on the first Monday in May, at such place as the president shall ap- 
point. The said meeting shall consist of the aforesaid officers (whose ex- 
penses ?hall be equally borne by the state funds) and a representation from 
each state. The business of this general meeting shall be, to regulate the 
distribution of surplus funds; to appoint officers for the ensuing term and 
to conform the by-laws of the state meetings to the general object? of the 
institution. 

Section V. The Society shall be divided into state meetings, each meet- 
ing shall have a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer respective- 
ly, to be chosen by a majority of votes annually. 

Section VI. The state meetings shall be on the anniversary of indepen- 
dence. They shall concert such measures as may conduce to the benevolent 
purposes of the society; and the several state meetings shall, at suitable per- 
iods make application to their respective legislatures for grants of charters. 

Sec. VII. Any member removing from one state to another, is to be 
considered, in all respects, as belonging to the meeting of the state in which 
he shall actually reside. 

Section VIII. The state meeting shall judge of the qualifications of its 
members; admonish, and, if necessary, expel anyone who may conduct him- 
self unworthy. 

Sec. IX. The secretary of each state meeting shall register the names 
of the members resident in each state, and transmit a copy thereof to the 
secretary of the society. 

Sec. X. In order to form funds for the relief of unfortunate members, 
their widows and orphans, each officer shall deliver to the treasurer of the 
state meeting one month's pay. 

Sec. XI. No donations shall be received, but from citizens of the United 
States. 

Sec. XII. The funds of each state meeting shall be loaned to the state 
by permission of the legislature and the interest only, annually, to be applied 
for the purposes of the Society; and, if, in process of time, difficulties should 
occur in executing the intentions of the Society, the legislatures of the several 
states shall be requested to make such equitable dispositions, as may be most 
correspondent with the original design of the institution. 

Section XIII. The subjects of his most christian majesty, members of 
this society, may hold meetings at their pleasure, and form regulations for 
their policy, conformably to the objects of the institute and to the spirit of 
their government. 

The Society shall have an Order, which shall be, a bald eagle of gold 
bearing on its breast the emblems, hereafter described suspended by a deep 

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blue ribbon edged with white descriptive of the Arms of America and 
France. 

The principal figure 

CINCINNATUS. 
Three Senators presenting him with a sword and other military ensigns — on 
a field in the background, his wife standing at the door of their cot- 
tage; near it a plough and other implements of husbandry 

Round the Whole, 
Omnia Reliquit Servare Rempublicam. 

On the Reverse, 
Sun Rising — a city with open gates and vessels entering the port — Fame 

CROWNING CiNCINNATUS WITH A WREATH INSCRIBED 

Virtutis praemium. 

Below, 

Hands joined, supporting a 

heart; with the motto 

Esto Perpetua 

Round the whole 

SOCIETAS CiNCINNATORUM InSTITUTA 

A. D. 1783. 

Sec. XV. A silver medal, representing the emblems, to be given to each 
member of the Society, together with a diploma on parchment, whereon shall 
be impressed the figures of the order and medal as above mentioned. 

After hearing the alterations and amendments of the institution, the 
Society went into the consideration of the same. A motion was made and 
seconded for appointing a committee to examine into and report upon the 
circular letter addressed by the general society, at our next meeting. 

Mr. Boudinot, Major Bloomfield, Major Howell, Mr. Frelinghuysen, and 
General Ogden were appointed a committee for the above purpose.. 

1785. The Committee appointed to examine into and report upon the 
circular letter addre&sed by the general society made their report in the words 
following. 

That they have carefully examined the letter referred to them and have 
paid particular attention to the material alterations recommended to the state 
societies which appear to be 

1st. The entire abolition of the hereditary succession. 

2nd. The renouncing all interference with political subjects as an object 
of the Society's attention. 

3d. The placing of the funds under the immediate cognizance of the 
legislature, who should be requested to grant a charter for the more effect- 
ually carrying on humane designs into execution. Your committee have de- 
liberately considered the several reasons assigned for the alterations recom- 
mended in the said letter, and although they do sincerely lament the mistaken, 

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unreasonable and false jealousies that have prevailed among their fellow citi- 
zens relative to a plan for cementing and preserving that love and affection 
originally founded in our common danger, promoted by our mutual wants and 
dependence, and often sealed with our blood; a plan so clearly founded on 
the most natural and rational friendsiiip, calculated to confirm those humane 
and benevolent principles arising from the love of our/country, and an ardent 
desire to encourage posterity to support and defend that liberty which we 
have purchased at so high a price. Yet your Committee on a full considera- 
tion of all circumstances, and being convinced of the prudence and necessity 
of taking things as they are and not as they wish them to be, are constrained 
to recommend to the Society one more sacrifice to the shrine of liberty and 
peace of our fellow citizens. 

The happiness and welfare of our country assailed by a powerful and 
warlike nation first led us to risk life, property, and every domestic comfort, 
in the common cause. What has been gained by our blood should not be again 
endangered by trifles. The satisfaction and ease of our fellow citizens, 
however, unreasonable their disquietude, demand the self-denying act; and 
therefore your committee do recommend a compliance with the first recom- 
mendation of the general society. 

As to the 2nd — hard indeed it is that those who have shared so largely 
in the risk and expense of rearing the political fabric should be now debarred 
from being solicitously careful as a society for its support and preservation; 
especially when so little system appears in the measures taken for the valuable 
end. But your committee being fully sensible that a compliance with this 
article can only affect us as a society, and not as individual citizens, for 
though our love to our country may lead us even to an unreasonable sacrifice 
as a society, yet we individually remain citizens- at-large, and cannot as such 
be deprived of an active part in the political exertions necessary for preserv- 
ing in purity the constitution that has been founded in so much wisdom 
and disinterested patriotism ; they do therefore recommend that the society, 
under these circumstances, should also conform to this article of recom- 
mendation. 

The last recommendation your committee more cheerfully report upon to 
the society. 

They cannot but approve of every constitutional check that can be re- 
quired by their fellow-citizens. 

The people have a right by their representatives to the knowledge of 
every political body within the state; and being perfectly satisfied with the 
purity of the society'? intentions they earnestly recommend the submitting 
their funds and indeed their political existence to the laws of their country. 

Your Committee have also as far as was practicable endeavored to form 
a judgment whether a charter agreeable to the plan as reformed, may be ob- 
tained from the legislature of New Jersey, and although it is difficult to 
draw any positive conclusion from the sentiments of members who, though 
now in the legislature may at the next session be reduced into the mass of 
citizens by a new choice, yet from the reasonableness and propriety of the 
request they are of opinion that a proper charter may be obtained on a formal 
application therefor. 

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The determination of the report was postponed until the next meeting. 

1786. On motion it was resolved that the institution as altered and 
amended by the general society at their first meeting be adopted. 

The committee appointed to prepare instructions for the representatives 
of thij' state meeting in the general socjety to be held on the first Monday in 
May next upon deliberate consideration, are of opinion that unless charters of 
incorporation be obtained from the legislatures of the respective states, the 
Society of Cincinnati must by the common course of nature, in a few years be 
at an end, therefore in order to place the future existence upon a more stable 
foundation your committee beg leave to report the following draught of 
instructions for the representatives. 

Gentlemen, 

Although this Society have agreed to adopt the institution of the Society 
of the Cincinnati as altered and amended at their first general meeting, yet 
we are of opinion that some more effectual mode for perpetuating the same 
should be fallen on, than that proposed, we do therefore instruct you gentle- 
men, to concur in or propose, and by all proper means which may be in your 
power, endeavor to obtain such an amendment to the institution of the general 
society that in case of the death or expulsion of any of the present members 
thereof, provision may be made for the supplying such vacancy by an election 
to be made by the state meeting of that state wherein the same shall happen 
at their next or some subsequent meeting thereafter. 

1787. The committee appointed to draw up instructions for the dele- 
gates to the general society made report, to wit., 

Gentlemen. 

You or such of you as may attend the next general meeting of the Society 
of the Cincinnati are hereby authorized and empowered on the part of the 
society you represent, to agree upon and finally establish all such alterations 
as may be necessary in the constitution of the Society. The instructions 
were approved by the society. 

The same instructions were given the delegates in 1788, 1789 and 1790. 

In 1 79 1 the following addition was made to the instructions to delegates: 
"Any amendment or alteration in the Institution of the Society of the Cincin- 
nati which may be concurred in by nine states in the next general meeting shall 
be obligatory upon and inviolably observed by this society, although not 
therein represented, and that this resolve duly authenticated be transmitted 
to the Secretary-General." The same instructions were given in 1792. In 
1793 the number of states concurring was changed to seven. The same 
instructions were given the delegates in 1797 and again in 1799. 

1800. At the meeting of the general society held in the city of Philadel- 
phia, Pa., May, 1800, on motion General Bloomfield, Dr. Hitchcock and Gen- 
eral Huntington were appointed a committee to examine the records of the 
Society and report to this meeting the state of the institution. 

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General Bloomfield from the committee appointed to examine the records 
of the General Society reported as follows : 

On inspecting the documents in the possession of the Secretary General, 
they do not find that any additional communications have been made from 
the several state societies, since the circular letter from the general meeting 
in 1796, on the subject of the proposed alteration above referred to. 

From the silence which the state societies have observed, after the 
pressing circular letters of the general meeting, your Committee are led to 
conclude, that they do not acceed to the proposed reform, and your Committee 
conceive therefrom that they are authorized to report to the general meeting. 

That the institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, remains as it was 
originally proposed and adopted by the officers of the American army at their 
Cantonments on the banks of the Hudson River in 1783. 



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ORGANIZATION OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI IN THE 
STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 

Elizabeth Town, June nth, 1783. 

The officers of the Jersey Line being about to return to their respective 
places of abode, were requested by General Dayton to convene for the purpose 
of considering the institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, and after 
some time spent thereon, they resolved unanimously to become members 
and subscribed the institution accordingly. 

The Society then proceeded to the election of officers to continue till 
the next meeting, and the following gentlemen were elected ; 

General Elias Dayton ----- President 

Lieut. Col. Jonathan Foreman - - - - Vice-President 

Reverend Andrew Hunter - . . - Secretary 

Major Richard Cox ------ Treasurer 

Doctor Ebenezer Elmer ----- Assistant Treasurer 

The Society adjourned to meet at Princeton the 22d day of September 
next. 

Princeton, September 22d, 1783. 

The Society of the Cincinnati of New Jersey met according to adjourn- 
ment. 

Present, General Elias Dayton - - - - President 

Lieut. Col. Jonathan Foreman - - Vice President 

Reverend Andrew Hunter - . - Secretary 

Major Richard Cox - - - - Treasurer 

Doctor Ebenzer Elmer - - - - Assistant Treasurer 
And forty members. 



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MEETINGS. 



Elizabeth Town, N. J., June nth, 1783. 
Princeton, N. J., Sept. 22d, 1783. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1784. 
New Brunswick, N. J., July 4th, 1785. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1786. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1787. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1788. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1789. 
Trenton, N. J., July 5th, 1790. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 179 1. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1792. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1793. 
Trenton, N. J., July 3d & 4th, 1794. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 3d & 4th, 1795. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1796. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1797. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1798. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1799. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1800. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1801. 
Trenton, N. J., July 5th, 1802. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1803. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1804. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1805. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1806. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1807. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, '1808. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1809. 
Trenton, N. J. July 4th, 1810. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 181 1. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1812. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 5th, 1813. 
Trenton. N. J., July 4th, 1814. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 181 5. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1816. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1817. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1818. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1819. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1820. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J. July 4th, 1821. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1822. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1823. 
Trenton, N. J., July 5th, 1824. 



Trenton, N. J., Sept. 25th, 1824. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1825. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., Oct. 27th, 1825. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1826. 
Ehzabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1827. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1828. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1829. 
Trenton, N. J., July 5th, 1830. 
Newark, N. J., July 4th, 1831. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1832. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1833. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1834. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1835. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1836. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1837. 
Trenton, N. J. July 4th, 1838. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1839. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1840. 
Camden, N. J., July 5th, 1841. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1842. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1843. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1844. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1845. 
Newark, N. J., July 4th, 1846. 
Trenton, N. J., July 5th, 1847. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1848. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1849. 
New Brunswick, N. J., July 4th, 1850. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1851. 
New Brunswick, N. J., July 5th, 1852. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1853. 
New Brunswick, N. J., July 4th, 1854. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1855. 
Freehold, N. J., July 4th, 1856. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1857. 
Princeton, N. J., July 5th, 1858. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1859. 
Princeton, N. J., July 4th, i860. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1861. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1862. 
New Brunswick, N. J., July, 4th, 1863. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1864. 
New Brunswick, N. J., July 4th, 1865. 



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Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1866. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1867 
New Brunswick, N. J., July 4th, 1868. 
New Brunswick, N. J., July sth, 1869. 
New Brunswick, N. J., July 4th, 1870. 
Elizabeth Town, N. J., July 4th, 1871. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1872. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1873. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1874. 
Trenton, N. J. July 5th, 1875. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1876. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1877. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1878. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1879. 
Long Branch, N. J., July 5th, 1880. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1881. 
Trenton, N. J., July 4th, 1882. 
Princeton, N. J., July 4th, 1883. 
Princeton. N. J., July 4th, 1884. 
Princeton, N. J., July 4th, 1885. 
Freehold, N. J., July 4th, 1886. 
Princeton, N. J., July 4th, 1887. 
Princeton, N. J.. July 4th, 1888. 
Princeton, N. J., July 4th, 1889. 
Princeton, N. J., July 4th, 1890. 
Trenton, N. J.. February 23d, 1891. 
Princeton, N. J., July 4th, 1891. 
Trenton, N. J., December 26th, 1891. 
Spring Lake, N. J., July 4th, 1892. 



Trenton, N. J., February 22, 1893. 
Spring Lake, N. J., July 4th, 1893. 
Trenton, N. J., October 19th, 1893. 
Lakewood, N. J., February 22d, 1894. 
Spring Lake, N. J., July 4th, 1894. 
Lakewood, N. J., February 22d, 1895. 
Elberon, N. J., July 4th, 1895. 
Lakewood, N. J., Feb. 22d, 1896. 
Elberon, N. J., July 4th, 1896. 
Trenton, N. J., February 22d, 1897. 
Atlantic City, N. J., July 5th, 1897. 
Princeton, N. J., Feb. 22d, 1898. 
Deal Beach, N. J., July 4th, 1898. 
Summitt, N. J., Feb. 22d, 1899. 
Spring Lake, N. J., July 4th, 1899. 
Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 22d, 1900. 
Pleasure Bay, N. J., July 4th, 1900. 
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 22d, 1901. 
Atlantic City, N. J., July 4th, 1901. 
New York, N. Y., Feb. 22d, 1902. 
Allenhurst, N. J., July 4th, 1902. 
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 22d, 1903. 
Allenhurst, N. J., July 4th, 1903. 
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 22d, 1904. 
Spring Lake, N. J., July 5th, 1904. 
Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 22, 1905. 
Morristown, N. J., July 4th, 1905. 
Lakewood, N. J., Feb. 22d, 1906. 
Morristown, N. J., July 4th, 1906. 



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ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI 
IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 



I. 


Abraham Appleton 


38. 


Andrew Hunter 


2. 


Jeremiah Ballard 


39- 


Jacob Hyer 


3- 


William Barton 


40. 


William Kersey 


4- 


John Bishop 


41- 


Derick Lane 


5- 


John Blair 


42. 


Richard Lloyd 


6. 


Joseph Bloomfield 


43- 


Francis Luce 


7- 


Absalom Bonham 


44- 


Absalom Martin 


8. 


James Bonnell 


45- 


Aaron Ogden 


9- 


Seth Bowen 


46. 


Matthias Ogden 


lO. 


Nathaniel Bowman 


47- 


Benajah Osmun 


II. 


David Brearley 


48. 


John Peck 


12. 


Joseph Buck 


49. 


Robert Pemberton 


13- 


Eden Burrowes 


50. 


William Sandford Pennington 


14- 


John Burrowes 


51- 


Jonathan Phillips 


15- 


Samuel Conn 


52. 


William Piatt 


1 6. 


John Conway 


53- 


Samuel Reading 


17- 


Richard Cox 


54- 


John Reed 


i8. 


John Noble Cumming 


55- 


John Reed 


19. 


Ephraim Darby 


56. 


John Reucastle 


20. 


Elias Dayton 


57- 


Jonathan Rhea 


21. 


Jonathan Dayton 


58. 


John Ross 


22. 


Cyrus De Hart 


59- 


Cornelius Riker Sedam 


2Z- 


Nathaniel Donnell 


60. 


Samuel Seeley 


24. 


Lewis Ford Dunham 


61. 


Israel Shreve 


25- 


Ebenezer Elmer 


62. 


Samuel Moore Shute 


26. 


Peter Faulkner 


63- 


William Shute 


27. 


Chilion Ford 


64. 


Jonathan Snowden 


28. 


Jonathan Forman 


65. 


Oliver Spencer 


29. 


Luther Halsey 


66. 


Moses Sprowl 


30- 


Jacob Harris 


67. 


Abraham Stout 


31- 


James Heard 


68. 


Wessel TenBroeck Stout 


32- 


John Heard 


69. 


Edmund Disney Thomas 


33- 


William Helms 


70. 


William Tuttle 


34- 


Samuel Hendry 


71- 


George Walker 


35- 


John Holmes 


72. 


Abel Weyman 


36. 


Jonathan Holmes 


73- 


Ephraim Lockhart Whitlock 


37- 


Richard Howell 







JOINED THE SOCIETY AFTER ITS ORGANIZATION 
ALWAYS CONSIDERED ORIGINAL MEMBERS. 



BUT 



74. James Anderson yy. 

75. James Francis Armstrong 78. 

76. Daniel Baldwin 79. 



John Beatty 
Almarin Brooks » 
William Burnet 



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8o. 


George Walker Campbell 


88. 


John Howell 


8i. 


Jabez Campfield 


89. 


John Kinney 


82. 


Eli Elmer 


90. 


Shepard Kollock 


83- 


Mahlon Ford 


91. 


Giles Mead 


84. 


David Forman 


92. 


Jacob Piatt 


85- 


James Giles 


93- 


Anthony Reckless 


86. 


John Hollinshead 


94- 


Ebenezer Stockton 


87. 


John Hopper 







OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI IN THE 
STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 

PRESIDENTS. 



Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus 

Elmer 
Clifford Stanley Sims 
William Scudder Stryker 
William Bowen Buck (Act. 

President) 
1901 Frank Landon Humphreys 



1783 


Elias Dayton 


1871 


1808 


Joseph Bloomfield 




1824 


Aaron Ogden 


1883 


1839 


Ebenezer Elmer 


1896 


1840 


William Shute 


1900 


1842 


Ebenezer Elmer 





1844 Joseph Warren Scott 



VICE PRESIDENTS 



1783 


Jonathan Forman 


1842 


1783 


David Brearley 


1848 


I79I 


David Forman 


1862 


1793 


Joseph Bloomfield 




1808 


John Noble Gumming 


1871 


1822 


Jeremiah Ballard 


1883 


1824 


Ebenezer Elmer 


1901 


1838 


William Shute 


1906 


1840 


Joseph Warren Scott 




1783 


SECR 

Andrew Hunter 


ETARI 

1852 


1790 


James Francis Armstrong 


1857 


1797 


Andrew Hunter 


1867 


I8II 


George Clinton Barber 


1875 


1829 


Philip Cortlandt Hay 


1891 


1830 


John Jay Plume 


1895 


1833 


Robert Hedden Gumming 




1850 


Luther Halsey 





William Chetwood DeHart 
George Cumins Thomas 
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus 

Elmer 
Charles Clinton Beatty 
William Bowen Buck 
Franklin Davenport Howell 
James Wall Schureman Camp 

bell 



Francis Barber 
William Bowen Buck 
William Berrian Dayton 
Francis Barber Ogden 
William Chetwood Spencer 
Wessel TenBroeck Stout 
Imlay 



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TREASURERS. 



1783 Richard Cox 1869 

181 1 Erkuries Beatty 1875 

1823 John Beatty 1881 

1826 Ebenezer Elmer 1891 

1829 Robert Livingston Armstrong 1893 

1833 Joseph Warren Reckless 

1838 Robert Dayton Spencer 1907 

1854 John McDowell 



William Bowen Buck 
William Berrian Dayton 
Herman Burgin 
David Provoost Thomas 
James Wall Schureman 

Campbell 
Willliam Pancoast Barber 



ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. 



1873 Francis Barber Ogden 
1879 Edward Riggs Pennington 
1884 William Chetwood Spencer 



1 89 1 William Pancoast Barber 

1894 Wessel TenBroeck Stout 

Imlay 

1895 William McKnight Reckless 



ASSISTANT TREASURERS. 



1783 Ebenezer Elmer 1887 

1826 Robert Livingston Armstrong 1891 

1829 Joseph Warren Reckless 

1833 William Pennington 1893 

1869 Francis Buck McDowell 1901 

1875 Herman Burgin 



David Provoost Thomas 
James Wall Schureman 

Campbell 
Franklin Davenport Howell 
Hughes Dayton 



CHAPLAINS. 



1867 Charles Clinton Beatty 1884 

1 87 1 Luther Halsey 1898 

1882 William Henry Hornblower 1901 



Samuel Moore Shute 
Frank Landon Humphreys 
Richard Lewis Howell 



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STANDING COMMITTEES. 

1791. Messrs. Cnmming, Ogden, Bloomfield, Dayton, Hunter, Rhea, Howell, 

Donnell and Dr. E. Elmer. 

1792. Major Joseph Bloomfield, General Elias Dayton, Col. John N. Gum- 

ming, Captains Jonathan Dayton and Jonathan Rhea, Majors Rich- 
ard Howell, Nathaniel Donnell and Captain John Heard. 

1793. Messrs. John N. Gumming, Jonathan Dayton, John Doughty, Nathan- 

iel Donnell, John Heard, Aaron Ogden, Lewis Dunham, Andrew 
Hunter and William Shute. 

1794. Messrs. John N. Gumming, Jonathan Rhea, William Shute, Joseph 

Bloomfield, Nathaniel Donnell, John Stotesbury, Jonathan Forman, 
Aaron Ogden and Erkuries Beatty. 
1795: Messrs. Richard Howell, John Beatty, Aaron Ogden, Jonathan Rhea, 
Joseph Bloomfield, Andrew Hunter, Erkuries Beatty, Shepherd Col- 
lock, James F. Armstrong. 

1796. Col. Aaron Ogden, Brigadier-Generals Doughty, Bloomfield, Cum- 

mings, White, Giles, Beatty, Captains Dayton and Elmer. 

1797. Major William Shute, General William Helms, Major John Heard, 

Major Jeremiah Ballard. General John Beatty, Dr. Lewis Dunham, 
General John Gumming, Colonel Jonathan Rhea, Colonel Aaron 
Ogden. 

1798. Colonel Ogden, General Giles, Captain Hendry, Major Ballard, Gen- 

eral Beatty, Colonel Kinney, Captain Shute, Colonel Rhea, Colonel 
Stout. 

1799. General Heard, General Doughty, Colonel Rhea, Captain Phillips, 

General Beatty, Colonel Ogden, Captain Shute. 

1800. General Beatty, General Doughty, Captain Shute, Captain Phillips, 

Major Shute, Major Kinney, Major Ballard. 

1 801. General Beatty, General Doughty, Colonel Beatty, Major Ballard, 

Major Shute, Major Kinney, Captain I. Shute. 

1802. General John Beatty, John Doughty, Colonel E. Beatty, Majors Sam- 

uel Shute, William Shute, Jeremiah Ballard and John Kinney. 

1803. General Beatty, Colonel Rhea, Dr. Elmer, Colonel Beatty, Major 

Ballard, Colonel Stout and General Gumming. 

1804. Major Ballard, Colonel Stout, Colonel Rhea, Colonel Kollock, General 

Gumming, General J. Dayton, George G. Barber. 
1805-06. Colonel Ogden, General Beatty, Colonel Rhea, General Gumming, 
Major Ballard, Major Ford and Mr. George C. Barber. 

1807. Colonel Ogden, General Cnmming, General Giles, Colonel Beatty, Dr. 

Elmer, Colonel Rhea and Mr. George C. Barber. 

1808. General Helms, General Giles, Colonel Ogden, Colonel Rhea, Colonel 

Beatty, Major Ballard and Major Shute. 

1809. General Dayton, Beatty, Giles, Colonel E. Beatty, Major Ballard, 

William Shute and Captain S. M. Shute. 

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i8io. General J. Beatty, J. Giles, Colonel Ogden, Rhea, Major Ballard, Cap- 
tain S. M. Shute, Sprowle. 

1811. General Beatty, General Giles, General Rhea, Colonel A. Ogden, Major 

S. M. Shute, Major Ballard and Major Ford. 

1812. General Beatty, General Giles, General Rhea, Colonel Ogden, Major 

Ballard, Major Shute, Major S. M. Shute. 

1813. Governor Ogden, General Beatty, General Dayton, Major Ballard, 

General Rhea, General Giles, Major S. M. Shute. 

1814. General Dayton, General Beatty, General Ogden, General Giles, Gen- 

eral Rhea, Major Ballard, Major Shute. 

1815. General Dayton, General Beatty, General Ogden, General Giles, Cap- 

tain Reckless, Major Ballard, Major Shute. 

1816. General Beatty, Major Ballard, Captain Reckless, Giles, Colonel Day- 

ton, Shute and Ford. 

1817. Generals Beatty, Giles, Dayton, Colonel Dayton, Majors Ballard, 

Shute and Ford. 

18 18. Generals Beatty. Giles, Dayton, Colonel Ogden, Majors Ballard, 

Shute, Captain Tuttle. 

1819. Generals J. Dayton, Cumming, Beatty, Giles, Majors Ballard, Shute, 

Lieutenant Tuttle. 

1820. Generals Beatty and Giles, J. Dayton, Colonel Ogden, Majors Ballard 

and Shute, and Captain Tuttle. 

1 82 1. Generals Beatty, Giles J. Dayton, Colonel Ogden, Majors Ballard, 

Shute, Tuttle. 

1822. Generals Beatty, Giles, J. Dayton, Colonels Ogden, Kinney, Major 

Shute, Captain Tuttle. 

1823. Generals Elmer, Giles, J. Dayton, Colonels Ogden, Kinney, Captain 

De Hart, Captain Tuttle. 

1824. Colonel Kinney, Captain Tuttle, Robert L. Armstrong, Captain De 

Hart, General E. B. Dayton, Mr. G. C. Thomas, Mr. Robert H. 
Cumming. 

1825. General Giles, Captain William Tuttle, Colonel Kinney, Robert H. 

Cumming, Robert L. Armstrong, John A. Hendry, General E, B. 
Dayton. 
1826-27. Colonel Kinney, Robert L. Armstrong, Joseph W. Scott, Captain 
William Tuttle, Captain Cyrus Dehart, Robert H. Cumming, 
George C. Thomas. 

1828. Colonel John Kinney, Colonel Joseph W. Scott, Major J. J. Plume, 

Mr. R. H. Cumming, Captain William Tuttle, R. L. Armstrong, 
J. W. Reckless. 

1829. Captain Tuttle, Major Plume, J. W. Reckless, Colonel Scott, Colonel 

Armstrong, R. M. Stout, Robert H. Cumming. 

1830. Captain Tuttle, Major Kinney, Colonel Scott, Colonel Plume, R. H. 

Cumming. J. W. Reckless and R. M. Stout. 

1831. Captain Tuttle, Colonel Scott, Mr. Cumming, Mr. Reckless, Mr. 

Stout, Mr. Heyer, Mr. Elmer. 

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1832. Captain Tuttle, Colonel Scott, General Wall, Mr. Cumming, Mr. 
Heyer, Mr. Stout, Mr. Elmer. 

1S33. Captain Tuttle, Colonel Scott, General Wall, Colonel Armstrong, Col- 
onel Plume, Mr. Elmer, Mr. Stout. 

1835. William Tuttle, Garret D. Wall, Robert L. Armstrong, T. M. Elmer. 

1836-37. Major Shute, Colonel Armstrong, Colonel Scott, General Wall, 
Mr. Stout, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Spencer. 

1838. Colonel Scott, Mr. Stout, Col. Armstrong, General Wall, Mr. Thomas, 

Captain DeHart, Mr. Lloyd. 

1839. Colonel Scott, General Wall, Captain DeHart, Mr. Pennington, Mr. 

Thomas, Mr. Ogden, Mr. Lloyd. 

1840. 41 and 42. Colonel Scott, Captain DeHart, Mr. Ogden, Mr. Penning- 

ton, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Barber. 

1843. Mr. Thomas, Mr. Bloomfield, Mr. Ogden, Colonel Scott, Mr. Barber, 
Mr. Lloyd, Mr. J. A. Pennington. 

1844-45. Mr. Thomas, Mr. Bloomfield, Mr. Ogden, Mr. Barber, Mr. Reck- 
less, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Pennington. 

1846. Messrs. Thomas, Lloyd, Halsey, Elmer, Barber, Ogden, Pennington. 

1847. Messrs. Thomas, Elmer, Ogden, Barber, Lloyd, Reckless, J. A. 

Pennington. 

1848. Messrs. Elmer, Lloyd, Reckless, Ogden, Barber, McDowell and J. A. 

Pennington. 

1849. Lucius O. C. Elmer, William Lloyd, Matthias Ogden, John L Beatty, 

Francis Barber, John McDowell, Jr., Alexander C. Hyer. 

1850. Matthias Ogden, John L Beatty, Lucius Q. C. Elmer, Francis Barber, 

William Lloyd, James A. Pennington, Alexander C. Hyer. 

185 1. Messrs. Ogden. Elmer, Barber, Hyer, McDowell, J. A. Pennington, 

Lloyd. 

1852-53. L. Q. C. Elmer, Matthias Ogden, William Lloyd, James A. Pen- 
nington, Alexander C. Hyer. John McDowell, Jr., and J. L Beatty. 

1854-55. Matthias Ogden, William Llovd, J. A. Pennington, R. D. Spencer, 
A. C. Hyer, L. O. C. Elmer, 'j. L Beatty. 

1856. L. Q. C. Elmer, Matthias Ogden, Charles F. Hendry, J. L Beatty, 

J. A. Pennington, William Lloyd, Robert Stockton. 

1857. Matthias Ogden, Charles F. Hendry, J. L Beatty, William Lloyd, 

Francis Barber, L. O. C. Elmer, Alex. M. Cumming. 

1858. Messrs. Ogden, Barber, Lloyd, Beatty, Hendry, Cumming, Arm- 

strong. 

1859. 60 and 61. Messrs. Ogden, Barber, Lloyd, Beatty, Hendry, Cumming 

and Pennington. 
i860. Messrs. Ogden, Pennington, Cumming, Barber, Lloyd, Beatty and 
Hendry. 

1862. Messrs. Cumming, Ogden, Barber, Lloyd, Beatty, Hendry and Sims. 

1863. Messrs. Cumming, Ogden, Barber, Lloyd, Beatty, Hendry and Rev. 

Mr. Halsey. 

1864. Messrs. Cumming, Ogden, Barber, Lloyd, Halsey, Hendry and Arm- 

strong. 

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1865. Alexander M. Cumming, J. B. Thomas, Messrs. Barber, Lloyd, Hen- 

dry, Beatty and Rev. Dr. Halsey. 

1866. Messrs. Cumming, Thomas, Barber, Lloyd, Hendry, Sims and the 

Rev. Dr. Halsey. 
1867-68. Colonel A. M. Cumming, Francis Barber, William Lloyd, Chas. F. 

Hendry, J. I. Beatty, James P. Thomas, Rev. Dr. L. Halsey. 
1869-70. Colonel Alex. M. Cumming, Francis Barber, William Lloyd, 

Charles F. Hendry, John L Beatty, James P. Thomas, William C. 

DeHart. 

1871. William Lloyd, James F. Armstrong, Alex. M. Cumming, William C. 

DeHart, Francis Barber, John I, Beatty, Charles F. Hendry. 

1872. William Lloyd, Robert B. Boggs, Francis B. Ogden, Francis Barber, 

Clifford Stanley Sims, William C. DeHart, Alexander M. Cum- 
ming. 

1873-74. Colonel Alexander M. Cumming, Robert M. Boggs, William Lloyd, 
William C. DeHart, C. Stanley Sims, Francis Barber, Francis B. 
Ogden. 

1875-76. Colonel Alexander M. Cumming, Colonel Clifford Stanley Sims, 
William Lloyd, Francis Barber, W. C. DeHart, Robert M. Boggs, 
Herman Burgin. 

1877. Col. Alexander M. Cumming, Wm. Lloyd, Robt. M. Boggs, Herman 

Burgin, Colonel Clifford Stanley Sims, Francis Barber, Edward R. 
Pennington. 

1878. Colonel Alexander M. Cumming, William Lloyd, Colonel Clifford 

Stanley Sims, Robert M. Boggs, Francis Barber, Herman Burgin, 
Edw. R. Pennington. 

1879. Colonel Alexander M. Cumming, Colonel Clifford Stanley Sims, Mr. 

William Lloyd, Mr. Robert M. Boggs, Mr. Francis Barber, Hon. 
John Ficch, Mr. John Clarke Sims. 

1880. '81 and 82. Mr. William Lloyd, Mr. Francis Barber, Colonel Clifford 

Stanley Sims, Mr. Robert Morris Boggs, Mr. John Clarke Sims, 
Hon. John Fitch, Commodore Charles Henry Baldwin, U.S.N. 

:883. Mr. William Lloyd, Mr. Francis Barber, Mr. Robert Morris Boggs, 
Hon. John Fitch, Mr. John Clarke Sims, Rear Admiral Charles 
Henry Baldwin, Mr. William Chetwood Spencer. 

1884, '85 and '86. Mr. William Lloyd, Mr. Francis Barber, Mr. Robert M. 
Boggs, Mr. John Clarke Sims, Hon. John Fitch, Rear Admiral 
Charles H. Baldwin, Mr. William Wilmot Ballard. 

1887. Mr. William Lloyd, Mr. John Clarke Sims, Hon. John Fitch, Rear 

Admiral Charles Henry Baldwin, Mr. William Wilmot Ballard, 
Hon. Henry Schenck Harris, Mr. Wessel Ten Broeck Stout Imlay. 

1888. Mr. William Lloyd, Mr. John Clarke Sims, Admiral Charles Henry 

Baldwin, Mr. William W. Ballard. Mr. Henry S. Harris, Mr. Wes- 
sel, T. B. S. Imlay, General William S. Stryker. 

1889. '90, '91, '92, '93 and '94. Mr. William Lloyd, Mr. John Clarke Sims, 

Mr. William Ballard, Hon. Henry S. Harris, Mr. Wessel T. B. S. 
Imlay, General William S. Stryker, Dr. Luther F. Halsey. 

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1 895- William Scudder Stryker, John Clarke Sims, Henry Schenck Harris, 
William Pancoast Barber, William Wilmot Ballard, Paul A. Hen- 
dry, Luther F. Halsey. 

1896, '97, '98, '99 and 1900. Henry Schenck Harris, John Clarke Sims, 
William P. Barber, F. Wolcott Jackson, William W. Ballard, Paul 
A. Hendry, John L. Caldwalder. 

1901. Messrs. Harris, Ballard, Barber, Jackson, Hendry, Maxwell, Wilson. 

1902-03. W. W. Ballard, P. A. Hendry, H. D. Maxwell, W. P. Barber, F. 
W. Jackson, H. A. Wilson, T. M. Cheesman. 

1904, '05, and '06. William Wilmot Ballard, William Pancoast Barber, 
Paul Augustine Hendry, Henry Dusenbery Maxwell, Henry Ap- 
plegate Wilson, Timothy Matlack Cheesman, William Pennington. 

1907. William Wilmot Ballard, Paul Augustine Hendry, Henry Dusenbery 
Maxwell, Henry Applegate Wilson, Timothy Matlack Cheesman, 
William Pennington, Charles Hornblower Woodruff. 



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DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL SOCIETY. 

1783. General Dayton, the Honorable Colonel Brearley. 

1784. Colonel Cumming, Captain Ogden and Captain Dayton. 

1785. Mr. Boudinot, General Ogden and Mr. Chief Justice Brearley. 

1786. Captain Dayton, Mr. Boudinot, Colonel Brearley, Major Bloomfield 

and General Forman. 

1787. Honorary Colonel David Brearley, General David Forman, General 

Matthias Ogden, Major Joseph Bloomfield. 

1788. Colonel Frelinghuysen, Captain Dayton. 

1789. Captain Dayton, Colonel Frelinghuysen, General Forman, Major 

Howell. 

1790. Captain Dayton, Major Howell, Captain Ogden, Major Bloomfield, 

General Dayton. 

1791. Messrs. Dayton, Bloomfield, Ogden, Hunter. 

1792. Captain John Dayton, Major Joseph Bloomfield, Major John Beatty, 

Rev. Andrew Hunter. 

1793. Messrs. Jonathan Dayton, Aaron Ogden, Joseph Bloomfield, Fred- 

erick Frelinghuysen. 

1794. Messrs. Jonathan Dayton, John Beatty, Joseph Bloomfield, Aaron 

Ogden, Frederick Frelinghuysen. 

1795. Messrs. Jonathan Dayton, Aaron Ogden, John Beatty, Joseph Bloom- 

field. 

1796. Col. Aaron Ogden, Brigadier-General Joseph Bloomfield, Brigadier- 

General John Beatty. 

1797. Captain Jonathan Dayton, Colonel Aaron Ogden, General Joseph 

Bloomfield, General John Beatty, General John N. Cumming. 

1798. Governor Howell, Captain Dayton, Colonel Ogden, General Bloom- 

field, General Beatty. 

1799. Brigadier-General Jonathan Dayton, Major-General Joseph Bloom- 

field, Brigadier-General John Beatty, Brigadier-General John 
Doughty, Colonel Aaron Ogden. 

1800. General J. Dayton, General Bloomfield, General Doughty, General 

Beatty and Colonel Ogden. 

1801. 1802 and 1803. General J. Dayton, General Bloomfield, General Beatty, 

General Cummings, Colonel Ogden. 

1804. General Elias Dayton, Governor Bloomfield, General Jonathan Day- 
ton, Colonel Aaron Ogden, General Beatty. 

1805-06. General Elias Dayton, Governor Bloomfield, Colonel Ogden, Gen- 
eral J. Dayton, General Cumming. 

1807. Governor Bloomfield, Colonel Ogden, General Cumming, General 
Beatty, Rev. Mr. Armstrong. 

1811, '12. '14 and 15. Dr. E. Boudinot, General Beatty, General Giles, Major 
Cox. General Cumming. 

1817. General Bloomfield, General Beatty. Colonel Ogden. 

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i8i8-20. General Giles, Colonel Ogden, Major Ballard. 

1827. Colonel A. Ogden, Colonel J. W. Scott, R. L. Armstrong. 

1828. General Elmer, Colonel Armstrong, Colonel Kinney. 

1830. J. W. Reckless, R. L. Armstrong, J. J. Plume. 

1831. Colonel Ogden, Colonel Scott, Colonel Armstrong. 

1832. Colonel Armstrong, Mr. Reckless, General Wall. 

1833. Colonel Ogden, General Wall, Colonel Scott. 
1837. Colonel Ogden, Colonel Scott, Mr. Thomas. 

1840. Major Shute, Colonel Scott, Governor Pennington. 

1841. Colonel Scott, General Wall, Governor Pennington. 
1842-43. Governor Pennington, General Wall, Colonel Scott. 
1844. Colonel Scott, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Bloomfield. 
1845-46. Colonel Scott, Messrs. Thomas and Bloomfield. 
1847-48. Colonel Scott, Messrs. Thomas and Spencer. 

1849, '50> '52 and '53. Colonel Scott, George C. Thomas, Robert D. Spencer. 

1854-55. Colonel Scott, L. Q. C. Elmer, George C. Thomas. 

1856. Colonel J. W. Scott, Governor Pennington, L. Q. C. Elmer and 

George C. Thomas. 
1862. Colonel J. W. Scott, Hon. L. O. C. Elmer, Hon. E. B. D. Ogden, 

John McDowell, Jr. 

1867. Colonel Joseph W. Scott, Rev. Dr. C. C. Beatty, Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer, 

Rev. Dr. L. Halsey, John McDowell, Jr. 

1868. L. Q. C. Elmer, Alexander M. Gumming, Rev. C. C. Beatty, D.D., 

James P. Thomas, Wm. B. Dayton. 
1869-70. Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer, Colonel Alex. M. Gumming, Rev. Dr. C. C. 
Beatty, William B. Buck, William B. Dayton. 

1 87 1. William. B. Buck, William B. Dayton, Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer, Clifford 

Stanley Sims, Captain James F. Armstrong. 

1872. Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer, Rev. C. C. Beatty, Hon. John T. Nixon, Clifford 

Stanley Sims and Colonel Alex. M. Gumming. 

1873. Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer, Rev. C. C. Beatty, D.D., Hon. John T. Nixon, 

Colonel Alex. M. Gumming, C. Stanley Sims. 

1874. '75, and '76. Judge L. O. C. Elmer, Colonel Alex. M. Gumming, Judge 

John T. Nixon, Colonel C. S. Sims and Rev. Charles C. 

Beatty, D.D. 
1877, '78 and '79. Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer, Rev. Charles C. Beatty, D.D., Judge 

John T. Nixon, Colonel Clifford Stanley Sims, Francis Barber 

Ogden. 
1880. Rev. Charles Clinton Beatty, D.D., Col. Clifford Stanley Sims, Hon. 

John Thompson Nixon, Dr. Herman Burgin, Hon. John Fitch. 
1881-82. Rev. Charles Clinton Beatty, D.D., Colonel Clifford Stanley Sims, 

Mr. Francis Barber Ogden, Hon. John Thompson Nixon, Hon. 

John Fitch. 
1883. Colonel Clifford Stanley Sims, Mr. Francis Barber Ogden, Hon. John 

Thompson Nixon, Hon. John Fitch and Rev. Dr. William H. 

Hornblower. 

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i884, '85 and '86. Hon. Clifford Stanley Sims, Mr. William Bowen Buck, 

Mr. Fras. Barber Ogden, Hon. John T. Nixon, Hon. John Fitch. 
1887, '88 and '89. Hon. Clifford Stanley Sims, Mr. William Bowen Buck, 

Mr. Francis Barber Ogden, Rev. Samuel Moore Shute, D.D., Mr. 

William Chetwood Spencer. 
1890, '91, '92, '93 and '94. Messrs. Clifford Stanley Sims, Rev. Samuel 

Moore Shute, D.D., Mr. William Bowen Buck, William Chetwood 

Spencer, William S. Stryker. 
1895. Clifford Stanley Sims, Henry Schenck Harris, Samuel Moore Shute, 

William Chetwood Spencer, William Scudder Stryker. 
1896-97. William S. Stryker, Henry S. Harris, Samuel M. Shute, William 

C. Spencer, John C. Sims. 
1898. W. S. Stryker, F. W. Jackson, F. D. Howell, J. C. Sims, H. S. Harris, 

W. T. B. S. Imlay. 
1 899- 1 900. Messrs. Stryker, Harris, Sims, Howell, Imlay. 

1901. Henry S. Harris, Franklin D. Howell, W. T. B. S. Imlay, Frank L. 

Humphreys, James W. S. Campbell. 

1902, '03, '04, '05 and '06. F. D. Howell, W. T. B. S. Imlay, F. L. Humph- 

reys, J. W. S. Campbell, T. M. Cheesman. 
1907. W. t. B. S. Imlay, F. L. Humphreys, J. W. S. Campbell, T. M. 
Cheesman, C. H. Woodruff. 



ALTERNATES. 

1S74, '75, 'yd. Francis B. Ogden, Judge Joseph G. Scott. 

1877, '78 and '79. William B. Buck, Hon. John Fitch, Herman Burgin. 

1880. William Bowen Buck, Francis Barber Ogden, William Henry Horn- 

blower, Joseph Griffith Scott, Commodore Charles Henry Baldwin, 
U.S.N. 

1881. William Bowen Buck, Rev. Dr. William Henry Hornblower, Hon. 

Joseph G. Scott, Hon. John Lambert Cadwalader, Commodore 
Charles H. Baldwin, U.S.N. 

1882. William Bowen Buck, Rev. William Henry Hornblower, D.D., Hon. 

Joseph Griffith Scott, Commodore Charles H. Baldwin, U.S.N., 
Hon. John Lambert Cadwalader. 

1883. William Bowen Buck, Hon. Joseph Griffiths Scott, Rear-Admiral 

Charles H. Baldwin, Hon. John L. Cadwalader, Colonel William 
Elmer Potter. 

1884. Hon. Joseph G. Scott, Rear-Admiral Charles H. Baldwin, Mr. John 

Clarke Sims, Hon. John Caldwalader, General William S. Stryker. 
1885-86. Rear-Admiral Charles Henry Baldwin, Mr. John Clarke Sims, 

Hon. John Lambert Cadwalader, General William Scudder Stryker, 

Hon. Joseph Dorset Bedle. 
1887, '88 and '89. Hon. John Thompson Nixon, Mr. John Clarke Sims, 

Hon. John Lambert Cadwalader, General Williajn Scudder Stryker, 

Hon. Joseph Dorset Bedle. 

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1890, '91, '92, '93 ^"<i '94- Messrs. John Clarke Sims, John L. Cadwalader, 
Joseph D. Bedle, Henry S. Harris, Edward B. Grubb. 

1895. John Clarke Sims, John Lambert Cadwalader, T. Matlack Cheesman, 

Frank Landon Humphreys, Frederick Wolcott Jackson. 

1896. John L. Cadwalader, Timothy M. Cheesman, Frank L. Humphreys, 

Franklin D. Howell. 

1897. J. L. Cadwalader, F. L. Humphreys, T. M. Cheesman, F. W. Jackson, 

F. D. Howell. 

1898. J. L. Cadwalader, F. W. Jackson, T. M. Cheesman, F. L. Humphreys, 

J. W. S. Campbell. 

1899. Messrs. Cadwalader, Cheesman, Campbell, Humphreys, Ballard. 

1900. J. L. Cadwalader, Timothy M. Cheesman, W. W. Ballard, Charles H. 

Woodruff, Paul A. Hendry. 

1901. John L. Cadwalader, Timothy M. Cheesman, W. W. Ballard, Charles 

H. Woodruff, Paul A. Hendry. 

1902. John L. Cadwalader, Charles H. Woodruff, Paul A. Hendry, Hughes 

Dayton, Henry D. Maxwell. 

1903. '04, '05 and '06. Charles Hornblower Woodruff, Paul Augustine 

Hendry, Hughes Dayton, Henry Dusenbery Maxwell, William 
Pennington. 
1907. P. A. Hendry, H. Dayton, H. D. Maxwell, William Pennington, R. 
L. Howell. 



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BY-LAWS, RULES AND AMENDMENTS. 

1786. 

General Dayton, Colonel Ogden, Mr. Boudinot, Captain Dayton, Captain 
Ogden, Mr. Brearley, and Mr. Bloomfield were appointed a Committee to 
draw up and present to the Society at their next meeting a set of By-laws. 
1790. 

Major Bloomfield, from the Committee appointed for that purpose, re- 
ported a set of By-Laws for the Government of the Society which are as 
follows : 

By-Laws of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, 
adopted July 5th, 1790. 

I. The Stated Meetings of the Society shall be alternately at Elizabeth- 
Town and Trenton, and when necessary the President or, in case of his ab- 
sence, the Vice-President may call extra-meetings, on giving thirty days' 
public notice. 

II. In order to give due weight and dignity to the transactions of the 
Society, and to prevent its interests from being at any time subject to the con- 
trol of too inconsiderable a proportion of its members, at least one-sixth of 
the whole number shall be present to transact business, and in case the Presi- 
dent and Vice-President shall both be absent, the members present are hereby 
authorized to elect a chairman for the time being. 

III. At every Anniversary meeting the Society is to elect its officers for 
the ensuing year. Deputies to represent them at the general meeting, and a 
Committee of nine members, who shall form a Standing Committee for the 
purpose of affording temporary relief to persons entitled to the same, to receive 
and report on the Claims of Officers, and shall transact all such other business 
as cannot be deferred without manifest injury until the next meeting of the 
Society; the agreement of five of whom shall be necessary to decide thereon. 

IV. All elections in the Society shall be by ballot. 

V. The Treasurer shall give bond and security in double the sum in his 
hands to the President, his executors, administrators and assigns, in trust for 
the Society, for the faithful performance of his duty, he shall keep a regular 
account of all monies of the Society which come into his hands, and shall pre- 
sent a true state of his accounts and books to the Standing Committee when- 
ever called upon by them, and to the Society for their inspection at their stated 
meetings. 

VI. The Mode of obtaining relief by persons entitled thereto shall be 
in the first instance by application to the Standing Committee, who shall exam- 
ine into the merits and, if the necessity of the case requires it, recommend them 
to the President, or in his absence to the Vice-President, to issue his warrant 
on the Treasurer for such sum as they may think expedient, having always in 
view and paying the strictest attention to economy and the state of the Soci- 
ety's funds. 

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VII. The recommendation to be in the following form to wit : 

By the Standing Committee of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati : 

Application having been made to us on behalf of as a 

person entitled to the benefit of the Society, and we having made strict exami- 
nation into the circumstances of 's case do recom- 
mend to the President (or Vice-President, as the case may be) to issue a war- 
rant on the Treasurer for the sum of to afford the 

said a temporary relief until 's 

case can be laid before the Society at their next meeting. 

Signed by the Committee, 

Present, 
to which the President shall annex his warrant on the Treasurer for the sum 
specified in the recommendation ; and the case of the applicant shall be laid 
before the next meeting of the Society, who will order such further relief as 
to them shall seem proper. 

VIII. All such incidental charges of printing, books, papers, etc., as are 
necessary shall be paid by warrant from the President, the accounts having 
first been examined and allowed by any three of the Standing Committee. 

IX. The expenses of each stated meeting shall be paid out of the inter- 
est arising from the funds. 

X. The Deputies to the general society shall be allowed their reasonable 
expenses; the accounts of which shall immediately upon being presented be 
examined by the standing Committee and such sums as any three allow shall 
be paid out of the Funds on warrant from the President. 

XL No monies shall be paid by the Treasurer but on warrant as above 
prescribed, or in the order of the Society at their meeting; which order shall 
be entered on the Journals, and a copy of it be given to the Treasurer, signed 
by the President and countersigned by the Secretary. 

XII. The members of the Society shall be considered as bound in hon- 
our not to mention out of the Society any matter offered in debate or any indi- 
vidual opinion given respecting the admission or expulsion of any member. 

XIII. In case of the death or removal from the State of the Treasurer 
or Secretary the Standing Committee shall have power to make a temporary 
appointment until the next meeting of the Society. 

XIV. An oration shall be delivered at each Anniversary meeting, for 
which purpose two orators shall be chosen, at the present and one at each suc- 
ceeding annual meeting the person last chosen always to be considered the 
second orator upon whom the duty shall devolve in case by any means the first 
be prevented therefrom, and due notice be given by him of such inability. 

XV. At every meeting of the Society the following rules with respect 
to order in debate shall be observed. 

Sec. I. — Duty of The President for the time being shall not engage in 

the President, any public debate without leave of the Society, except so 

far as to regulate the form of preceeding, and upon all 

occasions shall support the strictest order agreeably to 

the rules hereby established. 

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Sec. 2. — Conduct- The first business of each meeting shall be to read 

ing Business, the minutes of the preceding one, and communications to 
the Society next, the reports of the Committees shall be 
received and considered, and lastly the officers and Stand- 
ing Committee shall be elected. 



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Sec. 3. — Manner The manner of voting on any question shall be by 

of Voting. those in the affirmative rising, and those in the negative 
keeping their seats; but should any doubt arise as to the 
majority, and any member request the Yeas and Nays, the 
names of the members shall be severally called by the Sec- 
retary. 

Sec. 4. — On Mo- Nothing shall be deemed or taken for a motion unless 

tions. seconded. When any motion is made the same shall be 

determined upon before any new matter shall be introduced 
unless the previous question be first demanded. The 
President shall have a right to require the motion in writ- 
ing if he should think proper. 

Sec. 5. — Conduct No member shall interrupt the business by entering 

of Members, into private conversation during a debate or whilst any 
business is before the Society that requires general atten- 
tion, but every person shall keep his seat except the mem- 
ber that is up to speak or communicating information. 

Every member rising to speak or to give information 
shall address the chair and should two rise at the same 
time for either purpose, the President shall determine 
which may speak first. No member shall speak or offer 
information, without rising or speak more thai: twice a 
day on any subject without leave of the Society; and in 
all debates and proceedings the members shall confine 
themselves within the strictest rules of decency and de- 
corum towards the chair and each other. 

1799. 

Resolved that the Standing Committee shall in future consist of seven 
members, and that four of whom shall be a quorum to do business. 

1830. 

* Resolved that the ist Bye Law and Rule of this Society as passed in 
1806 be so far dispensed with as that the Society at their next annual meet- 
ing shall meet at Newark instead of Elizabeth Town, which resolution was 
negatived, a motion was made to reconsider the vote and carried and the 
resolution was adopted. 



• No such rule was passed in 1806, but was passed July S, 1790. — W. T. B. S. I., Sec. 

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The Committee respecting Canons or rules of succession as to member- 
ship, not being ready to report in consequence of the death of Charles Ewing, 
Esq., Resolved that A. O. Dayton, Esq., be added to the Committee and that 
they be requested to report. 

1839. 

The following additional rule and by law was proposed for the considera- 
tion of the Society at their next meeting. 

If any honorary member of this Society heretofore elected or hereafter 
to be elected as such shall refuse, omit or neglect to attend two regular suc- 
cessive meetings of this Society on Independence days without assigning a 
satisfactory reason therefor to the Society such omission or neglect shall be 
deemed and taken as a resignation of his seat and membership in this Society. 

1840. 

The additional rule and bye law at the last meeting in relation to honor- 
ary members was unanimously adopted and the Secretary of the Society was 
requested to give notice of the same. 

1842. 

The resolution adopted by the Society of the Cincinnati at its regular 
meeting declaring that any Honorary Member who should be absent from the 
regular meeting of the Society twice in succession without assigning a suffi- 
cient reason for such absence, should thereby forfeit his membership was 
rescinded. 

1855. 

On Motion the Society then went into consideration of the Resolutions 
relative to the succession and admission of members "adopted by the General 
Society of Cincinnati, at their Triennial Meeting held in Baltimore, on the 
17th day of May, 1854, and recommended by them for adoption by the sev- 
eral State Societies, and which resolutions are in the words following : 

1. Resolved that each State Society shall have the full right and power 
to regulate the admission of members, both as to the qualification of members, 
and the terms of admission, provided that admission be confined to the male 
descendants of original members, or of those who are now members (in- 
cluding collateral branches, as contemplated by the original constitution), or 
to the male descendants of such officers of the Army or Navy, as may have 
been entitled to admission, but who failed to avail themselves thereof, within 
the time limited by the Constitution, or to the male descendants of such 
Officers of the Army or Navy of the Revolution, as may have resigned with 
Honor, or left the service with reputation, or to the male collateral relations 
of any officer, who died in service, without leaving any issue. 

2. Resolved that the male descendants of those, who were members of 
the State Societies, which have been dissolved may be admitted into existing 
Societies, upon such terms as those Societies think proper to prescribe. 

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3- Resolved that the foregoing Resolutions be proposed to the several 
State Societies, and their assent be requested thereto, and upon assent being 
given by each of the remaining Societies, the Secretary General shall issue 
notice thereof to each Society, and thereupon the said Resolutions shall be- 
come operative and each State Society shall be at liberty to act upon the power 
given thereby. 

It was thereupon Resolved that the New Jersey State Society of Cincin- 
nati do not assent to the above Resolutions, passed by the General Society of 
Cincinnati. 

1856. 

Resolved, that the eldest son of any member of the Society may be admit- 
ted a member of this Society during the life of his father, but shall not be 
entitled to mileage. 

Resolved, that upon the death of a member of this Society having more 
than one male descendant all such descendants may be admitted as members. 
These resolutions, according to the rules of the Society, were laid over for 
consideration till the next annual meeting. 

1857- 

Resolved that it shall be the duty of the Standing Committee, Secretary 

and Treasurer to meet on the evening of the 3d of July and prepare the busi- 
ness as far as they are able. The expenses to be borne by the Society. 
Adopted. 

1859. 

It was resolved that a committee of three (3) be appointed to revise the 
rules and regulations of this Society. 

i860. 

The Committee appointed at the last meeting of the Society to revise the 
rules and regulations reported the following which were approved and the 
Committee discharged. 

By-Laws and Rules of the New Jersey Society of Cincinnati. 

1. The Society shall hold an annual meeting on the 4th day of July 
unless that day shall fall on Sunday, in which case the annual meeting shall 
be held on the day following. 

2. Nine members of the Society shall be necessary to constitute a 
quorum. 

3. The Officers of the Society shall consist of a President, Vice-Presi- 
dent, Secretary and Treasurer. 

4. The Officers of the Society shall be elected by ballot at the annual 
meeting in each year. At which also there shall be appointed a committee of 
seven members, who, together with the officers of the Society before men- 
tioned, shall constitute a standing committee. There shall also be appointed 
at the same time three delegates to represent this Society in any meeting of 
the General Society which may be held during the ensuing year. 

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5- The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society. He shall 
preserve order in the course of proceedings according to the parliamentary 
rules of deliberative Assemblies. 

6. In the absence of the President, the Vice-President shall succeed to 
his powers and duties. 

7. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the Society, he shall record 
them in a fair and legible hand, and he shall have the custody of their books 
and papers. 

8. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging or due to the 
Society, arising from the interest or income of the permanent fund and other 
sources of revenue. He shall keep regular accounts and shall submit them to 
the inspection of the Standing Committee at the regular annual meeting. 

9. It shall be the duty of the Standing Committee to take care of the 
general concerns of the Society as heretofore as well as of all matters which 
shall be especially committed to them by the Society. They shall examine the 
accounts of the Treasurer and make report thereon. They shall examine all 
bills and claims and shall authorize the payment of just demands. They shall 
recommend such donations of relief to the members of this Society or to the 
widows of families of deceased members who may in their judgment be proper 
objects for the beneficence of the Society, in such sums as they shall deem it 
reasonable and proper to allow. 

10. Every person desirous of becoming a member of this Society shall 
make application in writing to the Standing Committee setting forth distinctly 
and clearly his claim to be admitted. 

The Standing Committee shall advise thereon and may require any proof 
which they shall deem proper in support of such claim to be admitted, or any 
testimonial with respect to the character and standing of the applicant, and 
they shall report their opinion to the Society. 

11. No persons shall be admitted a member of this Society unless he be 
Twenty One years of age. 

12. No person shall be admitted a member of this Society except at a 
regular annual meeting. 

13. No Honorary member shall be elected except at an annual meeting, 
and no person shall be elected an Honorary member unless he shall have been 
openly proposed as such at the annual meeting immediately preceding and an 
entry made of that fact upon the minutes. 

14. If any Honorary member heretofore elected or hereafter to be 
elected shall refuse or neglect to attend two successive annual meetings of the 
Society and no satisfactory reason shall be assigned for the same, such refusal 
or neglect shall be construed to be ipso facto a resignation of his membership 
and the society may hereupon according to the rules proceed to elect some other 
in his place. 

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15. The vote upon the admission of new members and also upon the 
election of honorary members, shall in all cases be taken by ballot. The affirm- 
ative of two-thirds of the members present and voting shall be necessary for 
the admission of a new member. Four negatives shall prevent the election of 
an honorary member. 

16. The members of the Society shall be considered as bound in honor 
not to mention out of the Society any matter offered in debate or any indi- 
vidual opinion respecting the admission, election or expulsion of any member. 

17. At the annual meeting the Declaration of Independence shall be read 
before the Society by some one of the members, or by some other proper fitted 
person to be selected by the President. An oration shall also be delivered to 
the occasion and commenorative of the vast event of which that day is the 
anniversary. 

18. No rule or By-Law shall be altered or repealed unless such altera- 
tion or repeal shall have been proposed at one annual meeting and agreed to at 
the next. Nevertheless the Society reserve to themselves the right in peculiar 
and extraordinary circumstances to suspend the operation of any rule. But in 
such case a vote unanimous shall be necessary. 

19. The Society do not think it expedient in their Rules or By Laws to 
establish any permanent place of meeting and therefore leave that matter to 
each annual meeting to appoint the place of the next annual meeting. 

20. The ancient customs of the Society shall remain unimpaired. 

1867. 

The Committee appointed at a previous meeting to consider and report 
upon the advisability of amending the present rules for admission of Members 
to this State Society, submitted the following rules for future observance. 

RULES. 

1. Where there are descendants of an original member in the male line, 
the right of membership shall belong to the heir of the eldest line, but if the 
person so entitled shall fail to apply for his membership within three years, 
the Society may determine, who, if any, of the other male descendants shall 
be admitted ; where the male line is extinct, the Society may determine which 
of the female lines shall have the representation ; and where there are no lineal 
descendants of an original member, or the heir entitled in the male or female 
line fails to avail himself of his claim to membership within three years, a 
descendant of a brother or sister of the original member, if there be any such, 
shall succeed to the representation. 

2. Hereafter all officers of the Army or Navy of the Revolution, whose 
records are unsullied, shall be entitled to representation in this State Society, 
but such representation shall be upon the following conditions. Each appli- 
cant shall furnish satisfactory evidence of his good character and moral worth, 
and shall pay into the treasury of the Society a sum equivalent to the amount 
contributed by an original member of the rank of the ancestor from whom he 

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claims descent, or in whose right he claims membership, with six per cent, per 
annum on the same, from the organization of the Society to the date of his 
admission. 

3. In determining the succession of such members as shall make appli- 
cation for admission under the preceding (2d) Rule, the same ruling will 
apply as in the case of representations of original members. 

4. Any person claiming membership shall make written application to 
the Standing Committee at or before a regular meeting, stating clearly his 
claim. The Committee shall examine the same, and after demanding such 
proof as they think proper in its support, shall report to the Society their 
opinion in writing. The Society always reserving to itself the right to reject 
and pass over any application where it is deemed best for its interests to do 
so, whether for unworthiness on the part of the applicant or other cause. 

5. No elections for members shall be held except at the regular annual 
meetings. Honorary members or those applying under the provisions of the 
second rule above, shall be proposed at an annual meeting previous to that at 
which they are to be balloted for. All elections shall be by ballot, and five 
negative votes shall be considered as a rejection of any candidate. 

6. None but males of full age shall be admitted to membership, but eli- 
gibility to membership in succession devolving upon a minor shall be deemed 
vested in such minor, and the use thereof shall remain in abeyance until the 
disability cease or to be removed as provided for in the first rule. 

1871. 

Mr. Francis B. Ogden offered for the consideration of the Soci- 
ety the following proposed amendment to the Rules adopted July 4th, 1867, 
and moved the substitution of the same for Article i of said Rules. 

Where there are descendants of an original member in the male line, the 
right of membership belongs to the heir of the eldest line, but where the male 
line is extinct, the Society may determine which of the female line shall have 
the representation and where there are no lineal descendants of an original 
member, a descendant of a brother or sister of the original member may suc- 
ceed to the representation. 

Upon the death of a member, if the person upon whom devolves the suc- 
cession, being of full age, shall fail to apply for his membership within 2 years, 
he shall be notified by the Secretary at his last known place of residence (a 
copy of this rule accompanying such notification) and if within a year there- 
after he declines or omits to make said application, the right of succession may 
at the option of the Society be offered to his next heir male, and if he also 
declines or omits to avail himself of the offer within a year, the Society may 
determine which, if any, of the other descendants of the original Member, 
shall succeed, to the representation. Provided, however, if the next heir male 
of the person regularly entitled to succession be a minor, the eligibility to 
membership being vested in him, this rule shall remain in abeyance until such 
disability cease. 

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1872. 

The Amendment proposed at the last meeting, by Mr. Francis B. Ogden, 
to the Rules of the Society adopted July 4th, 1867, relating to the admission 
of members, coming up for consideration in its order, the proposed amend- 
ment, as fully entered on the Minutes of July 4th, 1871, was adopted as a 
substitute for Article i of said Rules. 

Col. Gumming offered for the consideration of the Society an amendment 
to Article II of said Rules of July 4, 1867, as follows: 

Resolved, that in Rule 2d, adopted July 4th, 1867, all the words following 
the word "equivalent" be stricken out, and the following substituted in lieu 
thereof: "and shall pay into the Treasury of the Society the sum of Two 
Hundred and Fifty Dollars." 

1877. 

The Standing Committee would submit for the consideration 
of the Society, that as the present reading of Rule No. 2 as adopted at the 
meeting of 1872, permits of any descendant or collateral of any of the officers 
in any of the thirteen original States to make application for admission into 
the New Jersey State Society, subject to the payment of $250, and that if his 
ancestor, or the party from whom he derives his claim, be an officer of good 
standing and he, the applicant, be a man of moral worth, it is difficult and 
invidious to deny him admission. They would, therefore, recommend in view 
of more properly restricting such applications, the substitution of the follow- 
ing for Rule 2, as it now stands, namely that the Rule shall read : 

Hereafter all officers of the army or navy of the Revolution whose records 
are unsullied, shall be entitled to representation in this State Society but such 
representation shall be upon the following conditions : Each applicant shall 
furnish satisfactory evidence of his good character and moral worth, and shall 
pay into the Treasury of the Society the sum of $250 if his claim be based 
upon his representation of an officer of the New Jersey line and $500 if his 
claim be based upon his representation of an officer of any other line. 

The amendment to Rule No. 2 regulating the admission of members was 
passed unanimously. 

They also would recommend the passage of the following rule. 

That hereafter the President be empowered to invite to dine with the 
Society not exceeding three persons and the Standing Committee not exceed- 
ing six persons, the said invitations, nine in all, to be issued through the Secre- 
tary in the name of the Society. Recommendation adopted. 

1878. 

The Standing Committee recommend the following codification of the 
Bye Laws of this Society and that the rules being suspended they be at once 
adopted. 

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BY-LAWS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI IN THE 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 

1. Meetings. 

The Society shall hold an annual meeting on the fourth of July yearly, 
unless that day fall on Sunday in which case it shall be held on the day follow- 
ing. At such meeting the Society shall appoint the place at which the next 
annual meeting shall be held. Extraordinary meetings may be called by the 
President, or in case of his death, absence or inability to act by the Vice- 
President. 

2. Quorum. 

Nine members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. 

3. Order of Business. 
The order of business shall be : 
Prayer, 
Roll Call, 

Reading of Minutes, 
Reports of President, Secretary, Treasurer, Standing Committee, 

Special Committees. 
General Business, 
Election of Officers. 
Adjournment. 

4. Officers. 

The Society shall have a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Assistant 
Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and Chaplain to be chosen by a 
majority of votes at the annual meeting, and they with seven members of the 
Society, to be chosen in the same manner and at the same time, shall consti- 
tute the Standing Committee, of whom seven shall form a quorum. The 
Standing Committee shall appoint one of their number (who shall not be one 
of the officers above named) to act as Chairman of their body. 

5. Delegates. 

Five delegates whose expenses shall be borne by the Society shall be 
chosen by a majority of votes at the annual meeting to represent the Society 
at any meetings of the General Society which may be held during the ensuing 
year. 

6. President. 

The President, or in case of his death, absence or inability to act, the 
Vice-President shall preside at all meetings of the Society and shall preserve 
order in the course of proceedings according to the parliamentary rules of 
deliberative assemblies. He shall be ex-officio a member of all committees. 

7. Secretary. 

The Secretary, or in case of his death, absence or inability to act, the 
assistant secretary shall have custody of the books and archives of the Society, 
shall give notice of all meetings and shall record the minutes of the same in a 

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fair and legible hand. He shall note in the book provided for that purpose, 
the dates of the admission and deaths of members, the various National, State 
or Society offices which they may fill and such other memoranda as may be 

8. Treasurer. 
The Treasurer, or in case of his death, absence or inability to act, the 
assistant treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the Society, either 
as interest on the permanent fund or from other sources, and shall keep regu- 
lar accounts, which previous to each annual meeting shall be audited by the 
Standing Committee. He shall deposit all moneys of the Society, not vested in 
Bonds or other lawful securities, in some Bank to be approved by the Presi- 
dent, to the credit of the Society, subject to the draft of the Treasurer for the 
time being, or in case of his death, absence or inability to act, the Assistant 
Treasurer ; he shall also invest the cash funds of the Society whenever there is 
a surplus in the Treasury, after leaving a reasonable margin for current 

expenses. ,, „ 

9. Standing Committee. 

The Standing Committee shall have charge of the general concerns of the 
Society, and of such matters as may be specially entrusted to them. They 
shall examine all claims and, if just, authorize their payment, and shall recom- 
mend donations to the families of deceased members, in such cases as they 
shall judge worthy of relief. They shall have power to fill all vacancies by 
death, resignation or otherwise, such appointments to continue until the office 
or place be filled by the Society at an annual meeting, and they may with the 
concurrence of the Trustees, call in any of the moneys belonging to the Society 
and invest the same, and change the investments from time to time as may be 
to the interest of the Society. 

10. Trustees. 
The Permanent funds of the Society shall be invested in the names of 
three Trustees and the survivors of them, as joint tenants, said trustees to be 
chosen by a majority of votes at an annual meeting; and if at any time two 
vacancies shall occur in the office of such trustees it shall be the duty of the 
Standing Committee forthwith to fill the same, which appointments shall be 
valid until others be made by the Society. 

II. Term of Office. 
All officers, delegates, trustees and members of Committees shall continue 
in their respective authorities until other appointments are made in their stead. 

12. Investments. 
All investments shall be in the securities of the United States or of the 
State of New Jersey. 

13. Debates. 
Members shall be considered as bound in honor to keep secret any matter 
offered in debate, or any individual opinion expressed respecting admission, 
election or expulsion of members. 

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14. Honorary Members. 

Honorary members whose number shall not exceed a ratio of one to four 
of the officers or their descendants, may be admitted into this Society, for 
their own lives only, provided, however, that should they refuse or neglect to 
attend two successive annual meetings and no satisfactory reason being as- 
signed for their absence, said absence shall be construed to be ipso facto, a 
resignation of their membership and the Society may, thereupon, proceed to 
elect others in their place. 

15. Pensions. 

All applications for pensions or allowances shall be made in writing and 
addressed to the Standing Committee and shall contain the statement that the 
party so applying or applied for, is worthy of relief, being in necessitous cir- 
cumstances. 

16. Mileage. 

The Treasurer shall pay mileage only to such members as shall answer to 
their names at Roll Call. 

17. Invitations. 

The President shall be empowered to invite not exceeding three guests, 
and the Standing Committee not exceeding six guests to dine with the Society 
at the annual dinner, said invitations to be issued through the Secretary in the 
name of the Society. This rule does not affect the members of other State 
Societies who may desire to be present. 

18. Amendments. 

No By-law or rule shall be amended or repealed nor any new by-law or 
rule made unless proposed at one annual meeting and agreed to at the next. 
But the Society by a unanimous vote may suspend the operation of any by-law 
or rule. 

The proposed codification of the By-Laws of this Society was then con- 
sidered and the same passed subject to the following amendments. 

No. 2 Quorum ; to add the words "or in absence thereof the meeting 
stands adjourned until the next 4th of July." 

No. 5., Delegates; to erase the words "whose expenses shall be borne by 
the Society." 

The rules were then unanimously adopted. 

1880. 

On motion resolved that hereafter the rule on Invitations (XVII) shall 
read : "and the committee of arrangements not exceeding three guests," 
instead of "and the Standing Committee not exceeding six guests," as hereto- 
fore. 

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i88r. 

* The Standing Committee recommend that Rule 2, regarding the ad- 
mission of members, be amended to read as follows : 

Rule 2. Hereafter all the descendants of officers of the Continental Line 
of the Army or Navy of the Revolution, who were members to the original 
institution or were qualified for admission thereto, shall be eligible to member- 
ship, with succession thereto, in this State Society ; but such memberships shall 
be upon the following conditions : each applicant shall furnish satisfactory 
evidence of his good character and moral worth and except such as may be 
entitled in lineal succession from his father or other progenitor, shall pay into 
the Treasury of the Society the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, if his 
application be based upon his representation of an officer of the New Jersey 
line, and five hundred dollars if his application be based upon his representa- 
tion of an officer of any other State line. Membership other than that of the 
eldest male line of an original member shall be so designated. 

The Proposed amendment to Rule 2, regulating the admission of mem- 
bers, was laid over, in accordance with the rule. 

They also recommend that in the matter of Invitations, the Resolu- 
tion of 1880 suspended the operation of By Law XVII, but under By Law 
XVIII on amendments did not repeal it. Your Committee would, therefore, 
recommend the suspension of the rules and the repeal of By Law XVII and 
the adoption of the following in its place. 

The President Shall be empowered to invite not exceeding three guests to 
dine with the Society at the annual dinner. All members desiring to invite a 
friend shall notify the Secretary at least ten days previous to the day of meet- 
ing, enclosing him $5.00, and he shall forward them a letter of invitation for 
the party designated in the name of the Society ; members shall be held per- 
sonally responsible to the Society for the propriety of the invitations issued 
by their request. This rule does not affect the members of other State 
Societies who may desire to be present. 

1894. 

Resolved, that the President appoint a Committee to examine the present 
by-laws of the Society and report to the Society such amendments and sup- 
plements thereto as in their opinion may be advisable. 

1898. 

The Standing Committee recommend the adoption of the report of 
the committee on By-Laws. 

The By Laws were adopted as follows : 

BY LAWS. 

Meetings. 

Section i. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the 4th 
day of July. Such other stated meetings may be held as shall be ordered by 



• The following two recommendations of the Standing Committee were never acted 
upon. — W. B. T. S. Imlay, Secretary. 

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the Society. To the banquets given at any stated meeting four (4) guests 
may be invited by the Committee of arrangements and three (3) by the Presi- 
dent, these seven (7) guests to include the speakers, and to dine at the expense 
of the Society. Extraordinary or special meetings may be called by the 
President, or in the event of his death, absence or inability to act, by the 
Vice President, and shall also be called upon the written request of ten (10) 
members of the Society. No business shall be transacted at extraordinary or 
special meetings, except such as shall be mentioned in the call therefore. 

Quorum. 
Sec. II. Twelve (12) hereditary members shall constitute a quorum. 

Order of Business. 

Sec. III. The order of business at the annual meeting shall be: 

1. Prayer. 

2. Roll Call. 

3. Reading of the Minutes. 

4. Reports of the President, Secretary, Treasurer, Standing Com- 
mittee and Special Committees. 

5. Unfinished Business. 

6. New Business. 

7. Election of Officers. 

Officers. 

Sec. IV. The officers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice Presi- 
dent, a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer, and Assistant Treas- 
urer and a Chaplain, who shall be elected by ballot, at the annual meeting, to 
serve for one year or until their successors are chosen, and shall be members 
of the Standing Committee provided for in Section IX. The official head- 
quarters of the Society shall be in the State of New Jersey and the President, 
the Secretary (when the Secretary now in office shall cease to serve) and the 
Treasurer shall be residents of the State of New Jersey. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

Sec. V. At each annual meeting five (5) delegates and five (5) alter- 
nates shall be elected by ballot, to represent the Society at such meetings of 
the General Society, as may be held during the ensuing year. 

Presiding Officer. 

Sec. VI. The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall pre- 
side at all meetings of the Society, and such meetings shall be conducted in 
accordance with Robert's Rules of Order. In the event of the absence of the 
President and Vice-President the meeting shall elect a chairman. 

The President shall be ex-officio a member of all committees. 

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Duties of the Secretary. 
Sec. VII. The Secretary shall have the custody of the seal, books and 
papers of the Society, and shall record the minutes of all meetings in a book to 
be kept for that purpose; he shall record the dates of the death of members, 
the names of their successors, with the dates of their admission, the various 
National, State or Society offices held by them, and such other memoranda of 
their histories as he may be able to obtain. 

Duties of the Treasurer. 
Sec. VIII. The Treasurer shall receive and have charge of all monies 
(except the permanent fund provided for in Section X) belonging to the 
Society, whether interest on the permanent fund or from other sources; he 
shall deposit all monies received in such New Jersey bank or trust company 
allowing interest on the daily balance to its credit, as may be designated by the 
Standing Committee; he shall pay only such bills as shall have first been 
approved in writing by the President, and shall pay the same only by check 
countersigned by the President. The Treasurer shall keep regular accounts 
and present them before the annual meeting and at other times if required to 
the Standing Committee for audit. 

St.\nding Committee. 
Sec. IX. There shall be a Standing Committee, which shall be 
elected annually and shall be composed of seven (7) members of the Society 
and the general officers named in Section IV, whose duty it shall be to take 
charge of the general affairs of the Society, and of such special matters as 
may be referred to it, or which may be of special interest to the Society; to 
examine all claims and authorize the payment of such as are proved to be just; 
to recommend to the Society such donations to the families of deceased mem- 
bers as investigation may show to be necessary and proper, and to fill vacan- 
cies for unexpired terms of all officers, becoming vacant by death, resigna- 
tion or other reason. It shall have power to invest, call in and reinvest any of 
the monies belonging to the Society, and shall audit the accounts of the Treas- 
urer before each annual meeting. It shall elect a chairman who shall preside 
at its meetings. The Secretary of the Society shall be the Secretary of the 
Standing Committee. 

Depository for Securities. 
Sec. X. At each annual meeting of the Society a Trust Company shall 
be selected as a depository for Securities owned by the Society. Such Trust 
Company under the instructions and subject to the orders of the Standing 
Committee shall have the care of the securities of the Society, which shall be 
registered in the name of the Standing Committee as Trustees for the Society 
of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey ; and at the meeting of the Stand- 
ing Committe immediately preceding the annual meeting of the Society, three 
(3) members of the said committee, one of whom shall be the President, shall 
be appointed to represent the Standing Committee for the year following in 

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its business with said Trust Company, and the Secretary of the Society shall 
under the seal of the Society notify the said Trust Company of the appoint- 
ment of such Executive Committee. 

Term of Office. 
Sec. XI. All officers, delegates, alternates and members of committees 
shall continue in their respective authorities until others are elected or ap- 
pointed in their stead. 

Investments. 
Sec. XII. All investments shall be in the Securities of the United States 
or of the State of New Jersey, or as specially authorized by the Standing 
Committee. 

Debates. 
Sec. XIII. The members of the Society shall be bound in honor to keep 
secret any matter offered in debate or any individual opinion expressed relat- 
ing to the admission of members. 

Honorary Members. 

Sec. XIV. Honorary members or those applying under the provisions 
of Rule II must be proposed at the annual meeting previous to that at which 
they are to be ballotted for. All elections shall be by ballot and five (5) nega- 
tive votes shall be considered as a rejection of any candidate. 

Honorary members shall be entitled to all the privileges of regular mem- 
bers, except those of holding office and of voting. They shall have no inter- 
est in the funds of the Society and no right of succession shall attach to their 
membership. If any Honorary Member shall refuse or neglect to attend two 
(2) successive annual meetings of the Society, and no satisfactory reason 
shall be assigned for the same, such refusal or neglect shall be construed to be 
ipso facto a resignation of his membership, and the Society may thereupon 
proceed to declare his membership to have ceased. A copy of this by-law shall 
be sent to each Honorary Member. 

Relief. 
Sec. XV. All applications for relief or allowance from the £*ate Society 
shall be made in writing and addressed to the Standing Committee ; an^l such 
application must show that the party so applying or applied for is in neces'^i- 
tous circumstances and worthy of relief. 

Committee of Arrangements. 

Sec. XVI. At each annual meeting the Society shall elect a committee of 
three (3) members, whose duty it shall be to select the place of the next meet- 
ing and to attend to the necessary arrangements. 

Sec. XVII. No by-law or rule shall be altered or repealed, unless such 
proposed change or repeal shall have been proposed at the previous annual 
meeting, and be agreed to by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 

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Customs of the Society. 
Sec. XVIII. The ancient customs of the Society shall remain unim- 
paired. 

Sec. XIX. All by-laws inconsistent herewith, heretofore adopted, are 
hereby repealed. 

RULES. 

I. Where there are male descendants of an original member in the male 
line, the right of membership belongs to the eldest male heir of the eldest male 
line, but where the male line is extinct, the Society may determine which of 
the female line shall have the representation ; and when there are no lineal 
descendants of an original member, a descendant of a brother or sister of the 
original member may succeed to the representation. Upon the death of a 
member, the right of succession shall descend to his eldest heir in the male 
line, and if the person upon whom devolves the succession, being of full age 
shall fail to apply for his membership within two (2) years, he shall be noti- 
fied by the Secretary at his last known place of residence (a copy of this rule 
accompanying such notification), and if within a year thereafter he declines or 
omits to make said application, the right of succession may, at the option of 
the Society, be offered to his next male heir; and if he declines or omits to 
avail himself of the offer within a year the Society may determine which, if 
any, of the other descendants of the original member shall succeed to the rep- 
resentation ; provided, however, if the next male heir of the person regularly 
entitled to the succession be a minor, the eligibility to membership being vested 
in him, such membership shall remain in abeyance until such disability shall 
cease. 

II. The lineal descendants of officers of the army or navy of the Revo- 
lution, whose records are unsullied, who did not join the Society at its institu- 
tion, and who are unrepresented in the Society, may be admitted to member- 
ship in this State Society, but such representation shall be upon the following 
conditions : 

Each applicant shall furnish satisfactory evidence of his good character 
and moral worth and shall pay into the Treasury of the Society the sum of 
five hundred dollars ($500). 

III. Any person claiming membership shall make written application to 
the Standing Committee stating clearly his claim. The Committee shall 
examine the same, and after receiving such proof as it thinks proper in its 
support, shall report to the Society, its opinion in writing. The Society re- 
serves to itself the right to reject or pass over any application where it is 
deemed best for its interest to do so. 

IV. No elections for members shall be held except at the annual meet- 
ings. 

V. None but males of full age shall be admitted to membership. The 
eligibility to membership in succession devolving upon a minor, shall be deemed 
vested in such minor, and such membership shall remain in abeyance until 
the disability cease or be terminated as provided for in Rule i. 

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HEREDITARY MEMBERS. 

1785- 

Captain Jacob Piatt was proposed as a member and his reasons for not 

signing the institution within the hmited time being satisfactory, he was 
admitted. 

Captain Howell was proposed as a member, and the Society being satis- 
fied with his reasons for not signing the institution within the limited time, he 
was admitted. 

1786. 

Doctor George Campbell was proposed as a member and his reasons for 
not signing the institution within the limited time being satisfactory, he was 
admitted. 

1787. 

General David Foreman, who heretofore was elected as honorary mem- 
ber, having made it appear to the Society that he is entitled to be received as 
an original member, was admitted. 

The Society being satisfied with the reasons for the non-attendance here- 
tofore of Colonel John Beatty, Major John Hollinshead, Major Jeremiah 
Bruen, Captain Giles Mead, Captain James Anderson, Lieutenant Eli Elmer, 
Ensign John Hopper, Ensign Almarine Brooks, Lieutenant Anthony Reck- 
less, and Doctor Jabez Campfield, who were within the rule of admission, 
admitted them accordingly. 

1788. 

Resolved, That Captain Daniel Baldwin is of right entitled to be a mem- 
ber of this Society. 

Application was made by Major Ledgard to become a member of this 
Society, and as it appears that he was a member of the State Society of New 
York, he was permitted to take his seat. 

It was Resolved, That in consideration of the sufferings of Captain 
Daniel Baldwin and his inability in consequence of such sufferings to attend 
at the different meetings of the Society he be excused from paying any propor- 
tion of the expenses heretofore apportioned to the different members thereof. 

An application was made by Mr. Shephard Kollock to be received as a 
member of this Society, whereupon it was 

Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee of Claims, and that they 
report at the next meeting of the Society. 

1789. 

Resolved, That as Captain Claypoole is a member of the State Society 
of Pennsylvania; and that he has removed into and now resides within this 
State, he be admitted a member of this Society according to the Institution and 
take his seat. 

Captain Ogden reported that the claims of William Burnet, Esq., Chief 
Physician of the Hospitals, comes within the second and third description 

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of qualifications. James Giles, Esq., Captain Lieutenant in the First Regiment 
of Artillery, comes within the qualification of the second description, Mr. John 
Kinney, Lieutenant in First New Jersey Regiment, comes within the first 
description of qualification; Mr. Ebenezer Stockton, Surgeon in the New 
Hampsliire Line, and Dr. James F. Armstrong, Chaplain to the Maryland 
Brigade, come within the second qualification, and that they are members of 
Right, and that they be admitted to sign the Listitution. 

It was resolved that the said report, so far as it respects William Burnet, 
Esq., the Rev. James F. Armstrong, James Giles, Esq., and Dr. Ebenezer 
Stockton, be agreed to, and so far as it respects Mr. Kinney, it be postponed 
till our next meeting. 

1791- 

Major Bloomfield reported from the committee appointed to receive 
and report on claims of offiters that application is made by Dr. William 
Burnet, Jr., to be admitted a member of this Society, as the successor of Major 
Ichabod Burnet, the said Ichabod Burnet having been an officer in the Ameri- 
can Army until the end of the war and died without male issue, and the said 
Dr. William Burnet, Jr., being the eldest brother of the said Major Burnet, 
the committee are of opinion that Dr. William Burnet be received as of col- 
lateral branch. 

Application is also made by Lieut. John Kinney, formerly of the Third 
New Jersey Regiment to be admitted a member of this Society, and it appear- 
ing that the said Lieutenant Kinney is within the exception extended to ex- 
traordinary cases, and that he be admitted a member of this Society. 

Lieutenant Shephard Kollock, of Colonel Lamb's Regiment of Artillery, 
made application to be admitted a member of this Society, and it appearing 
that Lieutenant Kollock is within the exception extended to extraordinary 
cases, and that he be admitted a member of this Society. The report of the 
committee was agreed to. 

1793- 

Major John Doughty, member of the Society of the Cincinnati of the 
State of New York, and Captain John Stotesbury, member of the Society of 
the Cincinnati of the State of Pennsylvania, having removed into the State of 
New Jersey, and being present, were admitted to take their seats in this 
Society. 

Major Bloomfield from the Committee on the claim of David Lyon to be 
admitted a member of this Society reported that it does not appear that the 
Claimant was in the service of the American Army three years in the capacity 
of an officer. 

He also reported that Lieutenant Mahlon Ford was appointed an ensign 
in the 3rd Jersey Regiment in the Spring of 1777. was deranged on the re- 
form of the army, on account of his ill-health, that Mr. M. Ford's absence 
from this State in the western territory in the service of the United States, 
being within the exception mentioned in the Constitution. He is, therefore, 
of right a member of this Society. 

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1794- 

Mr. Ercurius Beatty, a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of Penn- 
sylvania, having- become a citizen of this State, and being present, was admit- 
ted to take his seat in this Society. 

1795- 

The Standing Committee recommended that Mr. William Lloyd, 
eldest brother of the late Major Richard Lloyd, deceased, who 
made application to be admitted a member to supply the place of Major 
Lloyd, deceased; as Major Lloyd left no son, and the said William Lloyd is 
his eldest brother, be admitted a member on paying forty dollars, being one 
month's pay and the interest due thereon, which was not paid by the said 
Major Lloyd. The Society agreed to the recommendation. 

1796. 

General Anthony W. White and Col. Samuel Hay, members of this 
Society, who have resided some time in the State of New York, at this time 
reside in the State of New Jersey, took their seats in this meeting. 

William Lloyd, Esq., eldest brother of Maj. Richard Lloyd, deceased, 
having complied with the terms of the Resolution entered into at the last 
meeting took his seat. 
1800. 

Whereas, George Montgomery Ogden, eldest son of the late General 
Matthias Ogden, and George Clinton Barber, eldest son of the late Col. Fran- 
cis Barber, are now attending and request to be admitted to membership with 
this Society, and it being made to appear to the Society that the said appli- 
cants are of mature age and of good characters. They were received in right 
of their respective fathers. 

1802. 

The Standing Committee are of opinion that the certificate from the 
New York State Society accompanying John F. Vasher's letter are satisfactory 
to them for his admission as a member of our Society and do recommend that 
he be admitted. Agreed to. 

1803. 

A motion was made and carried that Major Jeremiah Bruin, Captaiii 
Daniel Baldwin and Lieutenant Abraham Kinney have permission until next 
meeting of this Society to comply with the conditions of the institution, and 
that they have notice of this order. 

1804. 

Resolved, that the resolution agreed to on the 4th of July, 1803, respect- 
ing Jeremiah Bruin and Abraham Kinney be continued and that the Secretary 
be directed to transmit to them a copy of said resolution together with a 
copy of this resolution. And resolved that the resolution respecting Daniel 
Baldwin be rescinded, and that his deposit due to the Treasury be remitted. 

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i8o6. 

Resolved, that the name of Major Jeremiah Bruin be stricken off the 
list of this Society as having never complied with one of the essential regula- 
tions of the Society, although he has been regularly called upon for this 
purpose. 

Applications were made by Mr. Horatio Gates Phillips to be admitted 
as a member of this Society being the eldest male issue of Captain Jonathan 
Phillips deceased; for the admission of Mr. Gilbert Barton being the eldest 
male issue of Captain William Barton, deceased, and for the admission of 
Mr. Joseph Burnet being the eldest male issue of Doctor William Burnet, Jr., 
deceased. And it appearing that their claims are well founded and that they 
are of respectable standing and virtuous members of Society they were 
admitted. 

1807. 

Mr. Alexander Ross made application to be admitted as a member of 
this Society in the room of Major John Ross, deceased, and it appeared 
that the said Alexander Ross, the son of the said Major John Ross, deceased, 
being a reputable and virtuous citizen had a just claim to such admission. He 
was admitted. 

Mr. Daniel L. Morrison sent in a petition and memorial requesting to 
be admitted a member of this Society in the right of his father. Captain 
Isaac Morrison, but it appeared to the committee that Captain Isaac Morrison 
was never entitled to membership in this Society, therefore, the petition of his 
son could not be granted. 

1808. 

Major Elias B. Dayton made application to be admitted a member oi 
this Society in place and right of Major General Elias Dayton, deceased, 
and it appearing that Brigadier General Jonathan Dayton the eldest son 
of the said deceased is an original member of this Society; the Standing 
Committee do therefore give their opinion that Major Elias B. Dayton, the 
next eldest son of the deceased is entitled and altogether worthy of a seat in 
this Society. He was admitted a member. 

Application having been made by Jacob Burnet, Esquire, an Honorary 
Member of this Society to be admitted in the place and right of Dr. William 
Burnet (one of the physician's general of the Army of the United States), 
deceased, and it appearing that William Burnet, eldest son of the said 
deceased, had been admitted a member in the place and right of Ichabod 
Burnet, who had been an original member, and that John Burnet, the next 
eldest son is under an incapacity to become a member; the Standing Com- 
mittee, do therefore, give their opinion that Jacob Burnet, Esquire, the next 
in succession of the said William Burnet, deceased, is entitled to and alto- 
gether worthy of a seat in the Society in place and right of his said father. 
He was admitted. 

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1809. 

Col. Abram. Kinney, being present made application to be restored to 
full standing as a member of the Society, whereupon, ordered that his case 
and representation be committed to General Dayton, Col. Kollock and Capt. 
Sprowles to consider and report thereon. 

General Dayton from the Committee made the following report : 

That as it is evident that the applicant had been under an Error in sup- 
posing that the transfer of his months pay from the funds of Connecticut, 
were indispensible to his admission to a membership in this Society; it is 
the unanimous opinion of the Committee, that further time (until the next 
annual meeting) ought to be allowed Col. Kinney to obtain the evidence of 
his being a member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati or of his 
having deposited a months pay, with the agent or treasurer. 

John Buck Esquire, eldest son of Lieut. Joseph Buck, late an original 
member made application to be admitted a member of this Society in right of 
his deceased father. He was admitted. 

David Higbee Brearly, son of the late Col. David Brearly, deceased, 
an original member of this Society, made application to be admitted a mem- 
ber. The Standing Committee do recommend the said David H. Brearly to 
be a member of this Society in right of his father. Col. David Brearly, 
deceased. He was admitted. 

iSio. 

Col. Abraham Kinney not having complied with the terms prescribed 
to him at our last meeting, it is resolved that he cannot be considered as a 
member of this Society. 

1811. 

Two applications having been brought before the Standing Committee 
claiming the right of Membership as successors of Col. Oliver Spencer, 
deceased, they beg leave to report for the decision of the Society the follow- 
ing state of facts : 

That by the death of Col. O. Spencer his right of being a member of 
this Society is claimed by Oliver Spencer, Esq., of the State of Ohio, who 
was the second and only surviving son of the said Col. Spencer; and by 
Dr. Oliver H. Spencer, of New Orleans, who is the only son of Robert Spen- 
cer, who was the eldest son of the said Col. Spencer, and which Robert died 
in the life-time of his father. 

Resolved, that Dr. Oliver H. Spencer, being the only son of the eldest 
male descendant of Col. Oliver Spencer, deceased, is of right entitled to 
take his' seat as a member of this Society and that a certificate with the 
Register be transmitted by the Secretary to the said Doctor Oliver Hatfield 
Spencer. 

1812. 

Joseph L. Barton, the third son of Capt. Wm. Barton, late an original 
member made application to be admitted a member of this Society in the 

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place of Gilbert Barton, who was the representative of Capt. Barton. He 
was admitted. 

1815. 

William Hyer as the only surviving brother and male representative of 
Jacob Hyer, late an original member made application to be admitted a 
member of this Society in right of his said brother deceased. And it appear- 
ing satisfactory to the Committee that the said William Hyer is the only sur- 
viving brother of Jacob Hyer, who died without any male posterity and be- 
ing a collateral branch of the said Jacob Hyer and judged worthy of becom- 
ing its supporter and member, he was admitted. 

1816. 

Richard S. Rhea, eldest son of the late General Jona. Rhea, late an 
original member made application to be admitted a member of this Society 
in right of his deceased father and the Standing Committee being well con- 
vinced from his present standing in Society that he will make a worthy mem- 
ber, he was admitted. 

Robert L. Armstrong son of the late Rev. James F. Armstrong an 
original member of this Society, made application to be admitted as a mem- 
ber, and the Standing Committee conceiving him worthy recommended his 
admission in right of his father, James F. Armstrong, deceased, he was 
admitted. 

1817. 

George C. Thomas made application to be admitted a member of this 
Society in the room of his brother Capt. Edmond D. Thomas, deceased, and 
there being a son or sons of an older brother, viz. : Robinson Thomas, also 
deceased, who if of age might also claim a right to admission. The Com- 
mittee, therefore, submit the same to the consideration of the Society, being 
themselves unwilling to decide thereon. 

Resolved, that George C. Thomas, being a collateral branch of the said 
Edmond D. Thomas and judged worthy of becoming one of its members and 
supporters be and he is admitted a member of this Society in right of his 
said deceased brother. 

1818. 

Joseph W. Reckless, only son of the late Capt. Anthony Reckless an 
original member made application to be admitted a member of this Society, 
and the Standing Committee conceiving him worthy do recommend the said 
Joseph W. Reckless to be a member of this Society in right of his father, 
Anthony Reckless, he was admitted. 

Enoch Shute, eldest brother of the late Lieut. Samuel M. Shute an 
original member made application to be admitted a member of this Society 
in right of his deceased brother, who died without leaving issue. He was 
admitted. 

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l82I. 

William Campfield, Esq., only son of the late Doctor Jabez Campfield 
made application for admission as a member in right of his father. The 
Standing Committee recommend that the consideration thereof be post- 
poned. 

1822. 

Major John T. Plume, of Newark, made application to be admitted to 
membership in right of Doctor Garret Van Wagener, deceased, on a certifi- 
cate of Colonel Richard Varick, President of the New York State Society of 
the Cincinnati, stating that Doctor Van Wagener was a member in good 
standing of that Society from its commencement to his death, and further 
on an affidavit that he has no male posterity and that he was next in right 
in the collateral branch. The Committee recommends that the further con- 
sideration of this application be postponed till the next meeting of the Society. 

The Standing Committee satisfied from the best information they have 
been enabled under present circumstances to obtain that Doctor Wm. Barnet, 
surgeon of the first regiment of the New Jersey line had served a sufficient 
length of time to entitle him to an original membership of this Society, and 
satisfied also that he had departed this life prior to the expiration of six 
months after the disbandment of the Army, do therefore, recommend that 
the Society adopt the following resolution. 

Resolved, that Isaac Cox Barnet be admitted as a member of this 
Society, in right of his said father, Doctor Wm. Barnet, upon his depositing 
in the hands of the Treasurer sixty dollars, being one months pay of a Regi- 
mental Svn-geon, and the further sum of eight dollars assessed upon and paid 
by each for certain contingent expenses. Recommendation adopted. 

1823. 

Applications to be admitted to membership having been made in writing 
by Robert H. Cumming in right of his father General John N. Gumming; 
by Lewis Dunham in right of his father. Doctor Lewis Dunham; by Charles 
Beatty in right of his father. Col. E. Beatty and by Theophilus M. Elmer in 
right of his father, Eli Elmer. They were admitted. Dr. William Campfield 
was admitted in right of his father, Dr. Jabez Campfield. 

1824. 

The Committee report that they have an application from George W. 
Ford for admission to membership in this Society as eldest son of Major 
Mahlon Ford and that it appears he is worthy of becoming a member. Hav- 
ing examined the minutes they find a special entry at the stated meeting on 
the fourth of July. 1799, that a diploma should not be delivered to Major 
Ford until his original subscription be paid to the Treasurer; and that at 
present there appears no evidence on the books or otherwise that such pay- 
ment has been made and they think that the said G. W. Ford should be admit- 
ted on his paying or showing that his father had paid such original subscrip- 
tion, which was $26 and two-thirds of a dollar with the interest at 6 per cent, 
from the said 4th of July, 1799. 

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William Shute the son of Enoch Shute having made application in the 
right of his father to be admitted to membership the Committee refer the same 
for consideration, or furtlier information. 

Richard M. Stout, the only surviving son of Col. Wessel T. Stout, made 
application to be admitted to membership in right of his father, and John A. 
Hendry made application to be admitted as eldest son of the late Capt. Samuel 
Hendry. They were admitted. 

Francis B. Ogden, having made application to the Standing Committee 
to be admitted as a member of this Society as successor of his brother, George 
M. Ogden, late of New Orleans and now deceased, leaving no male issue, 
the Committee are of opinion that the said F. B. Ogden should be admitted 
according to the rules of this Society. J. W. Scott, Esq., of New Bruns- 
wick, having also made application for admission as a member under the 
right of his father, the late Moses Scott, who was a Senior Surgeon and 
Physician in the Army; it is the opinion of this Committee that the said J. 
W. Scott should be admitted upon his depositing with the Treasurer of this 
Society, the amount of one months pay, being one hundred and twenty dol- 
lars and the further sum of eight dollars, which had been assessed upon, 
and paid by each member for contingent expenses, etc. Action postponed. 

1825. 

William Shute having made application to the Standing Committee for 
admission to membership in right of his deceased father, Enoch Shute, who 
was the brother and successor as a member of the Society, of Doctor Samuel 
Shute, deceased, the Committee beg leave to decline forming any opinion 
upon this application, and refer the same to the Society for their decision, 
with the certificates accompanying the same. 

Resolved, that the consideration of the application of William Shute for 
membership be postponed to the next meeting of the Society; and further 
that a committee of three persons be appointed by the Society to report to 
the next meeting whether the said William Shute be strictly entitled to mem- 
bership as successor of his father, Enoch Shute, deceased, who was admitted 
as successor of his brother Samuel M. Shute, deceased, an original mem- 
ber, or whether the right remains in the Society to choose between the 
said William Shute the applicant and any other brother of Samuel M. Shute, 
deceased, and that the President, the Vice-President and Robt. L. Armstrong, 
Esq., be the Committee for that purpose. 

George Washington Ford, having at this time renewed his application 
for admission to membership, as eldest son of Major Mahlon Ford, and hav- 
ing satisfactorily shown to the Society that the original subscription has been 
paid by his father, it was Resolved, that he be admitted accordingly in right 
of his said father. Major Mahlon Ford. 

The Society having taken up the report of the Standing Committee of 
the 25th September, 1824, which relates to the application of Francis Barber 
Ogden and Joseph Warren Scott. 

Resolved, that Francis B. Ogden be admitted a member of this Society 
as successor of his brother, George Montgomery Ogden, now deceased. 

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And that Joseph Warren Scott be also admitted a member under 
the right of his father, the late Moses Scott, who was a Senior Surgeon and 
Physician in the Army of the Revolution, upon his complying with the 
requirements suggested in the Committee's report. They were admitted. 

The Standing Committee report the application of Joseph Ellis Bloom- 
field for admission to membership, as successor to General Joseph Bloomfield, 
the said applicant being the eldest son of Samuel Bloomfield, the only brother 
of said General Bloomfield, who died without issue. And the said Standing 
Committee report that the said J. Ellis Bloomfield is entitled to membership 
and ought to be received as a member of the Society; he being by them 
deemed worthy thereof. He was admitted. 

1826. 

Application having been made by The Rev. Philip C. Hay, the son of Col. 
Samuel Hay in right of his father; also, of Austin Anderson, son of the 
Lieut. James Anderson and of Richard L. Beatty, son of General John Beatty 
to be admitted to membership in the Society who are of full age and judged 
worthy. They were admitted. 

Application also having been again made by William Shute in right of 
his deceased father, Enoch Shute, who was the brother and successor of 
Doctor Samuel Shute, deceased, and it appearing to the Committee that the 
other brothers of Doctor Shute decline any application for membership to 
the Society and the said William Shute being judged worthy and being of 
full age, he was admitted. 

1827. 

William Whitlock, the eldest son of Col. Ephraim Whitlock, deceased, 
having made application in right of his father to be admitted to membership, 
and he being of full age and judged worthy, he was admitted. 

William Pennington, son of the late William S. Pennington, a deceased 
member having made application to be admitted as a member of the Society 
in right of his father, and it appearing that the said applicant is the eldest 
surviving son of his father, but that the late W. S. Pennington, had another 
son, named James, elder than the applicant, which said James died in the life- 
time of his father, leaving a minor son named Adolphus, now living, aged 
thirteen years. The Committee feel constrained by the high sense they enter- 
tain of the distinguished worth of the applicant, to refer the above applica- 
tion to the consideration of the Society, while at the same time they cannot 
refrain from the expression of their opinion, that by the rules of the Society, 
the applicant cannot now be admitted as a member. 

The Society having taken up the report of the Standing Committee, 
which relates to William Pennington, Esq., it was resolved, that by the rules 
of this Society, the applicant cannot now be admitted a member. 

1828. 

The Committee report that a certificate was laid before them from 
Thomas J. Rogers and many others in support of the application of Cassius 
Burrows, heretofore made to be admitted as a member as successor to his 

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deceased father. Captain Eden Burrows. The Committee do therefore 
recommend liim the said Cassius Burrows to be received as a member in direct 
lineal succession. He was admitted. 

Matthias O. Dayton having made application for membership to this 
Society in the right of General Jonathan Dayton, deceased, an original mem- 
ber. It appeared that General Jonathan Dayton has left no male issue, that 
William Dayton is his oldest brother in succession, that he declines making 
application for a seat in this Society and that the applicant, Matthias O. 
Dayton is his oldest son, that he is of good moral and respectable character. 
The Standing Committee think proper therefore, to recommend him to the 
Society as a member out of lineal succession, and as a collateral. The 
Society postponed the consideration of this application until the next annual 
meeting of the Society. 

1832. 

William V. Heard the only son of the deceased Gen. John Heard, made 
application that he be admitted a member of the Society in the room of his 
deceased father an original member. He was admitted. 

George H. Burgin, M.D., the grandson of Capt. Seth Bowen, deceased, 
made application that he be admitted a member of this Society in the room 
of his deceased grandfather. As there is no male posterity of the said Seth 
Bowen, except the applicant and he is the oldest son of the oldest daughter of 
the said Seth Bowen, his admission was postponed to the next meeting. 

Aaron O. Dayton made application that he be admitted a member of 
this Society in the room of his deceased uncle. Gen. Jonathan Dayton. It 
appears that the applicant is the second son of Elias B. Dayton, Esq., the 
brother of the deceased Gen. Jonathan Dayton, and that there is no male 
issue or posterity of Gen. Jonathan Dayton, except the issue of his daughters. 
The lineal succession is therefore gone, and as among collaterals, the Society 
are authorized to select the most worthy. He was admitted. 

Wm. C. Dehart made application that he be admitted a member of this 
Society in the room of his deceased father, Capt. Cyrus Dehart, an original 
member. It appears that the applicant is the oldest son of the deceased Capt. 
Cyrus Dehart and that he is fully entitled to admission as successor to his 
said father. He was admitted. 

Francis Barber made application that he be admitted a member of this 
Society in the room of his deceased father, George C. Barber, Esq. 

It appears that the applicant is the oldest son of the deceased George 
C. Barber, Esq., and that he is fully entitled to admission as successor to his 
deceased father. He was admitted. 

Forman Walker made application to be admitted as a member, alleging 
himself to be the brother of Lieut. George Walker, deceased, who died with- 
out issue. There is no satisfactory evidence that the applicant is the brother 
of the deceased Lieut. George Walker, nor is it known what other collaterals 
there are of the deaceased or in what degrees. For defect of evidence, there- 
fore, action upon this application is postponed. Recommendations were 
agreed to. 

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i833- 

Resolved, that J. J. Plume nor no other member of tlie Cincinnati Society 
of any other State be allowed to be a member of this Society at any future 
period, and that the name of J. J. Plume be erased from this Society as a 
regular member. This resolution was referred to a committee. 

1834. 

* The resolution that Wm. Pennington, Esq., be admitted a member of 
this Society was referred to the Committee respecting canons or rules of 
succession. The committee to whom was referred the resolution relative to 
J. J. Plume reported that they have had the matter so referred 
to them under consideration, that they find that John J. Plume has been regu- 
larly admitted as a member of the State Society of Cincinnati of New York, 
but as they do not certainly know the footing upon which members of this 
Society changing their residence to New York are received in the Society of 
that State, they recommend the passage of the following resolutions : 

Resolved, that a Committee of three persons be appointed to confer with 
the Society of Cincinnati of the State of New York for the purpose of ascer- 
taining the footing upon which they admit the member of this Society, chang- 
ing their residence to that State, and the grounds upon which their course 
is founded, and that the said Committee report to the Society at its next 
meeting. 

Resolved. That the President cause a copy of this resolution to be trans- 
mitted to the President of the New York Society and that he at the same time 
address to him a letter requesting that such corresponding measures may be 
adopted on the part of that Society as will further the design of the said 
resolution. 

ATessrs. Pennington, Scott and Thomas were appointed to confer with 
the New York Society, and Messrs. Wall, Armstrong and Southard with the 
Pennsylvania Society. 

Application having been made by Charles J. F. T. Hendry, the eldest son 
of Doctor John A. Hendry, deceased, in right of his father, to be admitted to 
membership, and he being of full age and judged worthy was duly admitted. 

1835- 

John Kinney made application for admission into the Society as a mem- 
ber in right of his father, Col. John Kinney, deceased, an original member, 
it was resolved, that the application be postponed for further information. 

John T. Halsey made application for admission into the Society as a 
member in right of his father. Luther Halsey, deceased, but the applicant not 
being the eldest son of the decease, and an elder son being still living, he was 
being the eldest son of the deceased, and an elder son being still living, he was 
not admitted. Rev. Luther Halsey was admitted in right of his father, Luther 
Halsey. 



*See honorary members. ^W. T. B. S. Imlay, Secretary. 

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1836. 

Robert D. Spencer made written application for admission as a member 
of this Society. It appears to the Society that the appHcant is the eldest son 
of Dr. Oliver H. Spencer, deceased, formerly a member of this Society and 
successor of Col. Oliver H. Spencer, deceased, an original member. Robt. 
D. Spencer was admitted a member of this Society in strict lineal right. 

James A. Pennington has applied for admission into this Society as a 
regular member thereof. It appears that the applicant is the only son of 
James Pennington, deceased, who was the eldest son of William S. Penn- 
ington, Esq., deceased, an original member of this Society. He was admitted. 

1837- 

Wm. Llyod, Jr., made written application to be admitted a member of 
this Society. 

It appears that Major Richard Lloyd, an officer of the Army, was an 
original member of this Society, that at his death his eldest brother, William 
Lloyd, was admitted a member of this Society, being eldest brother of the said 
Major Richard Lloyd, he having died without issue. It further appears that 
the applicant is the oldest son of the said William Lloyd, the late member, who 
is now deceased. William Lloyd, Jr., was admitted a member of this- Society 
not in lineal right, but as a collateral worthy to become a member. 

1839. 

Matthias Ogden, the eldest son of the late Col. Aaron Ogden and James 
F. Armstrong, the eldest son of the late Reverend James F. Armstrong, 
original members of this Society, have applied for admission into this Society 
as members. As they are in strict lineal descent and right, they were admit- 
ted. 

1840. 

John McDowell, Jr., applied for admission into this Society as a regular 
member in lineal descent. 

It appears that the applicant is the eldest son of Isaac Kollock, deceased, 
who was the second son of the late Shephard Kollock, one of the original 
members of this Society. That Dr. Henry Kollock, oldest son of the said 
Shephard Kollock, died about twenty years ago without issue. That the 
applicant having been adopted into the family of the Rev. Dr. McDowell, 
caused his name to be changed to McDowell, and that for near twenty years 
he has not been known by the name of Kollock, but that he has borne and does 
now bear the name of McDowell, that he is of good moral and respectable 
character. He is fairly entitled to a seat in this Society in strict lineal suc- 
cession. He was admitted. 

1841. 

The following names were presented for admission to membership : 
Aaron F. Walker, of Monmouth; J. W. Wall, of Burlington, and Samuel 
Allen, of Pennsylvania. 

The Committee found difficulties in the way of deciding upon each, 

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which made it necessary for them to postpone the subject to another period 
and the Committee unanimously resolved to recommend that a Committee of 
two be chosen by the Society, which shall receive and investigate the claims 
and pretentions of the above applicants and report the result of their examina- 
tion at the next annual meeting of the Society. 

1842. 

Mr. Walker was admitted to membership in right of his brother and 
Alex. C. Hyer in right of his father. 

1845. 

The Committee report in favor of the applications of Hon. L. Q. C. 
Elmer and John Buck, and for the consideration of the Society the cases 
of G. D. Baldwin and Mr. Burnet. 

The Hon. Lucius Q. C. Elmer was admitted to membership in right of 
his deceased father, Gen. Ebenezer Elmer, and Mr. John Buck, also admit- 
ted in right of his father. 

The application of Mr. G. D. Baldwin for admission to membership was 
referred to Capt. Dehart, Mr. Thomas and Gov. Pennington, and the case of 
a collateral successor to the late Capt. Joseph Burnet was referred to Gen. 
Wall, Mr. Elmer and Mr. Spencer. 

1846. 

The Committee report that numerous applications have been made to 
the Standing Committee for Membership, but as the facts and rights of the 
applicants are doubtful the Committee would recommend that a Special Com- 
mittee be appointed to investigate these claims and to report to the next meet- 
ing of the Society. 

The applications for admission to membership were referred to Messrs. 
Thomas, Ogden and Spencer. 

1847. 

Charles T. Stewart made application for membership in right of his 
grandfather, Charles T. Stewart, a Commissary in the Army of the Revolu- 
tion. 

It appears that he is the lineal male descendant of the said Charles T. 
Stewart, and would be entitled to membership had his grandfather been an 
original member of this Society. This however, was not done, and although the 
applicant is now willing to pay into our Treasury the monthly pay of his 
grandfather, yet the Committee are of the opinion that under our Constitu- 
tion, he is not entitled to membership, but in consequence of his peculiar situa- 
tion we do cheerfully recommend tliat he be made an Honorary Member of 
our Society. 

James G. Hampton has applied to be admitted a member of our Society. 
It appearing, however, that he is son of a daughter of Gen. James Giles, de- 
ceased, his grandfather under whom he claims, and who left no male issue. 
As there have some doubts arisen among some of the members of our 
Society whether persons claiming to be admitted members thereof through a 

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female line, are not entitled to membership, the Committee would therefore 
prefer to leave this question to the judgment of the Society, trusting that they 
will adopt measures to put at rest this ever agitating and interesting subject. 

1849. 

Application having been made by the Rev. Doctor Davison to be admit- 
ted as a member of this Society, the Committee are of opinion that there are 
not sufficient facts to warrant his admission to membership. 

Anthony Reckless a second son of Joseph W. Reckless, deceased, form- 
erly a member of this Society applied for membership in this Society ; but as 
the facts set forth to entitle him thereto are altogether novel in their character, 
the Committee beg leave to refer the case to the Society. 

1853. 

Edward Ford made application to be admitted as a member of this 
Society, in right of his father the late Washington Ford, who was the son 
of Mahlon Ford, deceased, an original member of this Society. 

A Committee was appointed to report at the next meeting of the Society. 

1854- 

The Standing Committee report that C. F. Hendry, who has made applica- 
tion to be admitted a member of this Society, and who has stated in his appli- 
cation, that he was admitted in 1834, and of which no evidence has been 
introduced, before the Committee, but which they think is the case, be con- 
sidered for the present as a member of this Society, and recommend that a 
Committee be appointed to examine into the matter, and report thereon to 
the next annual meeting. 

1855- 

On motion the Society went into consideration of the Resolutions rela- 
tive to the succession and admission of members "adopted by the General 
Society of Cincinnati, at their Triennial Meeting held in Baltimore, on the 
17th day of May, 1854, and recommended by them for adoption by the several 
State Societies, and which resolutions are in the words following: 

I. Resolved, that each State Society shall have the full right and power 
to regulate the admission of members, both as to the qualifications of members, 
and the terms of admission, provided that admission be confined to the male 
descendants of original members, or of those who are now members (includ- 
ing collateral branches, as contemplated by the original constitution), or to 
the male descendants of such officers of the Army or Navy, as may have been 
entitled to admission, but who failed to avail themselves thereof, within the 
time limited by the Constitution, or to the male descendants of such officers 
of the Army or Navy of the Revolution, as may have resigned with honor, 
or left the service with reputation, or to the male collateral relations of any 
officer, who died in service, without leaving any issue. 



•See hereditary members, 1864.— W. T. B. S. Imlay, Secretary. 

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2. Resolved, tliat the male descendants of those, who were members of 
the State Societies, which have been dissolved, may be admitted into existing 
Societies, upon such terms as those Societies think proper to prescribe. 

3. Resolved, That the foregoing Resolutions be proposed to the several 
State Societies, and their assent be requested thereto, and upon assent given by 
each of the remaining Societies, the Secretary General shall issue notice there- 
of to each Society, and thereupon the said Resolutions shall become operative 
and each State Society shall be at liberty to act upon the power given thereby. 

It was thereupon, Resolved, that the New Jersey State Society of Cincin- 
nati do not assent to the above Resolutions, passed by the General Society of 
Cincinnati. 

1856. 

The Standing Committee reported that William Buck, of Philadelphia, 
is entitled to be received as a member of the Society in the place of his 
brother John Buck, deceased, he was admitted. 

Alexander M. Gumming, brother of the late Robt. H. Gumming, de- 
ceased, and son of Gen. John Gumming, an original member of this Society 
having applied to beome a member thereof, he was admitted. 

1857- 

Wessel T. Stout made application for membership of this Society in 
consequence of the death of his father, Richard M. Stout, he being his eldest 
son, he was admitted. 

1859. 

Wm. Pennington having resigned his appointment as an Honorary Mem- 
ber of this Society, and Adolphus Pennington formerly a member, having 
deceased since the last meeting and William Pennington requesting to be made 
a member in right of said Adolphus Pennington, he was admitted a member. 

Mr. Anthony Reckless, son of Joseph W. Reckless a member (deceased), 
applied for admission as member of this Society in place of his father. 
It appears that he is a second son (the first son not having made application 
and having resigned in favor of his brother and requesting that he may be 
appointed) the Committee recommend that under the circumstances of the 
case that he be not admitted. 

Clifford Sims, having applied to become a member of this Society, the 
Committee after having examined the merits of the same do not think that 
he is entitled to membership and refer the matter to the Society. 

Mr. Elmer moved that the admission of Messrs. Reckless and Sims be 
laid over to the next meeting of the Society. 

i860. 

Mr. S. D. Phillips, of Dayton, Ohio, made application for membership in 
the place of his father, the late Horatio Gates Phillips; also Mr. John H. Pol- 
hemus, of Mount Holly, grandson of the late John Polhemus, both of which 
are deemed worthy and they were admitted. The following applications for 
membership were laid over till the next meeting : 

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Richard C. Shreeve, of Mount Holly, N. J.; Frederick B. Ogden, of 
Hoboken, N. J.; Clifford S. Sims, of Philadelphia, and VVm. R. Allen, of 
Mount Holly, N. J. 

1861. 

E. B. Dayton Ogden having made application for membership in place 
of his brother the late Matthias Ogden ; the Committee recommend that he be 
admitted a member of this Society, he was admitted. 

The application of Clifford Stanley Sims having been considered he was 
admitted as a member of this Society in the right of Lieut. Col. John Ross, 
deceased. 

1862. 

William Russel Allen having applied for admission to the Society to 
succeed his great grandfather, Major Richard Cox, formerly treasurer of this 
Society, after due consideration he was admitted. 

Richard C. Shreeve having applied for admission to the Society to suc- 
ceed his grandfather, Major Richard Cox, the Standing Committee after due 
consideration recommend that he be not admitted. 

Application of Frederick B. Ogden for membership was postponed till 
the next meeting of the Society. 

1863. 

James P. Thomas applied for admission to this Society to succeed his 
father, George C. Thomas our late Vice-President, he was admitted. 

Robert Morris Boggs applied for admission to this Society he being 
the eldest grandson of Dr. Lewis Dunham an original member. Dr. Lewis 
Dunham, Jr., having died without issue, the male line became extinct. 

The Committee refer the case to the Society, together with the application 
for membership of Joshua E. Ford, of Aloppo, Syria. It being found that he 
was the only son of George Washington Ford and grandson of Major Mahlon 
Ford an original member, he was admitted a member of this Society. 

The application of Robt. Morris Boggs was on motion referred to a Select 
Committee of three, to report to the Society at its next meeting. 

1864. 

Application for membership on behalf of Richard W. Stites of Morris- 
town, N. J., claiming through his grandfather, Richard Stites an officer of 
the New Jersey Grenadiers from Elizabeth, N. J., who it is represented was 
killed before the formation of the Society is not recommended by the Com- 
mittee. 

An application of Adolphus P. Young for the seat of Adolphus Penning- 
ton was presented. As his seat has been given to the late Hon. Wm. Penning- 
ton, now deceased, who has a son living; the Committee cannot recommend 
the application. 

The Committee appointed to investigate the facts in relation to the appli- 
cation of Robt. Morris Boggs. presented a written report of facts connected 

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with the case recommending his admission as a member of this Society. He 
was admitted. 

It appearing by reference to the minutes of this Society, July 4, 1853,* 
that Edward Ford was admitted to the Society in the right of his father, 
Washington Ford, it was ordered that the admission of Joshua E. Ford, July 
4, 1863, being as supposed one and the same person be annulled. 

1865. 

An application for membership was presented on behalf of William B. 
Dayton, claiming as the representative of Gen. Elias Dayton, through his 
grandfather, Elias B. Dayton and his uncle, Thos. B. C. Dayton, recently 
deceased, leaving no children ; also an application from Frederick B. Ogden 
for membership through his father, E. B. Dayton Ogden ; also an application 
from W. S. Pennington eldest son of the late Wm. Pennington, which appli- 
cants the Committee recommend be admitted. They were admitted. 

1866. 

The application of Jos. B. Stafford having reached the Committee too 
late for examination it is referred to the Society for their action. Action 
deferred. 

1867. 

An application for membership was presented in favor of Francis Barber 
Ogden, as the representative of late Col. Francis Barber Ogden and it is 
recommended that he be admitted. He was admitted. 

The Committee recommend that the application of Samuel B. Stafford 
for membership be laid over until he be admitted a member of the State 
Society of Massachusetts, and properly transferred to this Society. 

The application of Thomas H. Green, of New York, was laid over until 
the next meeting and Mr. Lloyd appointed to investigate the case. 

The application of John Clarke Sims, Jr., for membership postponed until 
next meeting. 

1868. 

The application of Thomas H. Green, of New York, which was laid over 
at last meeting, and referred to Mr. Lloyd for investigation, having been 
reported upon adversely by Mr. Lloyd upon the ground of his grandfather be- 
ing an Honorary Member only, it is recommended that such application be 
rejected. 

The application of John Clarke Sims, Jr., as the representative of Alexan- 
der Ross, M.D., a surgeon in the New Jersey line, who died before the close 
of the war, having been duly considered by the Committee, it is recommended 
that he be admitted subject to the provisions of the (2d) Rule for Admission 
of Members, adopted, July 4, 1867, viz. : L^pon payment into the Treasury of 



* There is no record of Edward Ford's admission at this date. — W. T. B. S. Imlay, 
Secretary. 

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the Society a sum equivalent to the amount contributed by an original member 
of the rank of the ancestor from whom he claims descent, or in whose right 
he claims membership, with six per cent, per annum on the same from the 
date of the organization of the Society to the time of his admission. 

An application being made by William C. Dehart as the eldest surviving 
son of Capt. Wm. C. Dehart, son of Capt. Cyrus Dehart, an original member 
of the New Jersey State Society, he was admitted. 

John Clarke Sims, Jr., made application for membership in the Society, 
which was favorably reported upon by the Standing Committee, and was 
assented to by the Society to take effect upon compliance with the provisions 
of the (2d) Rule. 

1869. 

The following applications have been made to its Standing Committee 
for admission to the Society and after due consideration of the claims pre- 
sented by each applicant, their admission is respectfully recommended. 

Francis Buck McDowell, M.D., only son of John McDowell, Jr., de- 
ceased, late Treasurer of the Society, as representative of Captain Shephard 
Kollock. 

James R. Walker, son of Aaron F. Walker, deceased, as representative of 
Captain George Walker. 

Chas. W. Hornblower, son of Mrs. Mary B. Hornblower, daughter of 
Dr. Wm. Burnett, Jr., as representative of Dr. Wm. Burnett, Jr. 

Edward R. Pennington, only surviving son of the late William Penning- 
ton, and brother of Wm. S. Pennington, lately deceased, as representative of 
Capt. William Sanford Pennington. They were admitted. 

1870. 

The following applications for admission as Members of the Society were 
presented to your Committee, and after due consideration of the claims made 
by each applicant, their admission is recommended, viz. : James W. Wall, as 
the oldest surviving male representative and Grandson of Brevet Captain Jona- 
than Rhea. 

William H. Hornblower, great Grandson of Surgeon General William 
Burnet, as representative of General William Burnet. 

William C. Spencer only son of Robert D. Spencer, deceased, as represen- 
tative of Col. Oliver Spencer. They were admitted. 

1871. 

Applications for admission to membership in the Society have been pre- 
sented to your Committee by Isaac C. Thomas in right of his father, James 
Provoost Thomas, lately deceased, and Joseph Griffiths Scott, as eldest son of 
the late President Col. Joseph Warren Scott. They were admitted. 

Your Committee have also received an application for admission into the 
New Jersey State Society from Edward W. West, a resident at present, of 
Bergen, N. J., who claims such admission as representative of one Lieut. 

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Hardy Pierce, killed at Fort Lee in 1776, which application is after due 
consideration, respectfully referred to the Society for action, and without 
recommen dat i on . 

The application of Edward W. West, referred by the Committee to the 
Society for its action, it was ordered that the application be returned to Mr. 
West by the Secretary, with advice that this State Society cannot recognize 
any valid claim on his part to membership and that his application is accord- 
ingly rejected. 
1872. 

Your Committee have received applications for admission to the Society 
from : Commodore John C. Howell as representative of his grandfather. 
Major Richard Howell, an officer in the Revolutionary Army and late Gover- 
nor of this State. And from A. Ogden Dayton as the representative of his 
father, Aaron Ogden Dayton, deceased, late a member of this Society. They 
were admitted. 

1873- 

Herman Burgin was unanimously elected to membership. He was the 
great grandson of Seth Bowen an original member. 

Col. Cumming presented an application for membership on behalf of 
Peter D. Vroom, Jr., which was on motion of Mr. Sinis referred to the 
Standing Committee in Special Session, who reported as follows : 

As no written application has been received from Peter D. Vroom, Jr., 
son of Matilda Wall, and great grandson of Col. Jonathan Rhea, therefore, 
the Committee under the rules of the Society are unable to act. 

1874. 

The Standing Committee have received an application for admission to 
the Society from Peter D. Vroom, son of Matilda \Vall, and great grandson 
of Col. Jonathan Rhea, an original member, and recommend his admission. 
He was admitted. 

1875- 

Your Committee report that John Clarke Sims, Jr.. great great grandson 
of Alexander Ross, M.D., a surgeon in the New Jersey line, who died before 
the close of the war, was in the year 1868, elected a member of this Society, 
subject to the Rule (No. 2) for admission of members, and has duly qualified 
by the payment of $250. He was admitted. 

Your Committee have received an application for admission to the Soci- 
ety from William R. Bloomfield, son of Joseph Ellis Bloomfield, and repres- 
entative of General Joseph Bloomfield, an original member and recommend his 
admission. He was admitted. 

An application for membership from Mr. Ogden Armstrong was presen- 
ted to the Society, and was referred to the Standing Committee. 

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1876. 

The Standing Committee have received the following applications for 
admission to the Society and recommend their admission. 

John H. Piatt, great grandson of Capt. Jacob Piatt, an original member. 

John B. Piatt, grandson of Capt. William Piatt, an original member. 

Ogden Armstrong, great grandson of Chaplain James Francis Arm- 
strong, an original member. 

William W. Ballard, nephew of Capt. Jeremiah Ballard, an origmal 
member. 

They have also received an application from John Fitch, great grandson 
of Capt. Andrew Fitch, of the Fourth Connecticut, Continental Line, who 
applies for admission under Rule (No. 2), and they recommend his admission, 
subject to the payment of the sum of $250. 

Messrs. John H. Piatt, John B. Piatt, Ogden Armstrong and William W. 
Ballard, were elected members of the Society, and on motion that portion of 
Rule (No. 5), requiring those applying under the provisions of the Second 
Rule, to be proposed at an annual meeting previous to that at which they are 
to be balloted for, being suspended. Mr. John Fitch was elected a member 
of the Society. 

1877- . . , 

The Standing Committee have received the foUowmg applications tor 

admission to the Society. 

Commodore Charles H. Baldwin, U.S.N. , surviving grandson to Capt. 
Daniel Baldwin, an original member. He was admitted. 

Timothy Matlack Cheesman, M.D., grandnephew of Capt. Jacob Chees- 
man, of New York, who was killed simultaneously with General Montgomery 
at the storming of Quebec. Dr. Cheesman applies for admission under Rule 
(No. 2), regulating the admission of members. His admission is recom- 
mended. 

Timothy Matlack Cheesman, M. D., was elected subject to compliance 
with the provisions of Rule (No. 2), Rule (No. 5), being by unanimous 
consent suspended. 

1878. 

The Standing Committee notice in the official report of the Secretary 
General of the late meeting of the General Society in Philadelphia, a certain 
resolution, which involves the diginity and rights of this State Society, and 
therefore, after much deliberation recommend the passage of the following 
resolution : 

Resolved, that the New Jersey State Society of the Cincinnati, feel com- 
pelled to notice the reference by the General Society, to the Committee on 
Rules and Ordinances of a resolution questioning the validity of the admis- 
sion to and membership in this Society of Dr. T. Matlack Cheesman, and 
in reference to the said resolution, to state that Doctor Cheesman was regu- 

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larly admitted to membership in this Society and is a member under and by 
virtue of certain rules and regulations, which this Society has seen fit and 
proper to adopt, and that, therefore, this Society denies the right of any other 
body to question its action in the premises. 

Resolved, that the Secretary is directed to transmit copies of these resolu- 
tions to the Secretary General and to Dr. Cheesman. 

1879. 

The Standing Committee has received the following application for ad- 
mission to the Society. Horace Phillips, only son of Jonathan Dickinson 
Phillips a member of this Society and great grandson of Capt. Jonathan Phil- 
lips, an original member, and having examined the same recommend his 
admission. He was admitted. 

1880. 

The Standing Committee have received the following applications for 
admission to the Society : 

Almarin Brooks Paul, grandson of Ensign Almarin Brooks. He was 
admitted. 

Richard Stockton Cumming, grandson of Lieut. Col. John Noble Cum- 
ming. He was admitted. 

Anthony Reckless, grandson of Lieut. Anthony Reckless, referred for 
further information, the application not stating whether he is the eldest son 
of Joseph Warren Reckless. 

S. Frost Johnson, application under Rule (No. 2). as representative of 
Major Richard Johnson and Quarter Master Nathanial Ogden, laid over 
under the rule. 

t88i. 

The Standing Committee have received the following applications for 
admission to the Society: 

1. Conway H. Arnold, Lieut, commanding U.S.S. Wyandotte, great 
grandson of Lieut. Col. John Conway. 

2. Alexander Chambers Hyer, grand nephew of Ensign Jacob Hyer. 

3. Franklin Anderson Heard, grandson of Capt. John Heard. They 
find that there are no descendants in the male line of Lieut. Col. John Conway, 
and they therefore, recommend the admission of the applicant, under the right 
reserved by the Society to choose from among the descendants in the female 
lines and the one to be admitted. They also recommend the admission of 
Franklin Anderson Heard, he being the eldest son of William B. Heard. In 
regard to the application of Alexander Qiambers Hyer, the Committee 
would report that it is their opinion he is entitled to admission, being the 
eldest son of Alexander Chambers Hyer, who was admitted in 1842. They 
were admitted. 

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Your Committee would report that by the death of William Berrian Day- 
ton, his only son Hughes Dayton, now aged seven years, becomes the heir 
and representative of his great great grandfather Brigadier General Elias 
Dayton. 

Your Committee are in receipt of the following communication from the 
Hon. John Fitch : 

New York, i2th May, i88i. 

To THE Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey : 

The petition of John Fitch, respectfully shows that the undersigned was 
elected a member of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, 
under Rule 2, for the admission of members, as heir and representative of 
Captain Andrew Fitch, 4th Regt. Connecticut Infantry. It has since come 
to the knowledge of your petitioner that his great grandfather, the said Cap- 
tain Andrew Fitch, was an original member of the Connecticut State Society, 
as shown in the annexed certificate, he therefore, begs that the record be 
amended so as to read that he was admitted as heir and representative of 
Captain Andrew Fitch. The Connecticut Society being at this time dormant. 

(Signed) John Fitch, 

Fifth Avenue Hotel, 

(Certificate) New York. 
United States Court Building. 
New York, 12th May, 1881. 

F. B. Ogden, Esq., 

Secretary New Jersey State Society Cincinnati. 

Dear Sir : 

In a personal examination by me made of the rolls of the Connecticut 
Society of Cincinnati (Original), deposited with the Connecticut Historical 
Society in Hartford shown me in April, 1880, by the Hon. J. Hammond 
Trumbull, LL.D., President of the Society, I found the name of Capt. An- 
drew Fitch, 4th Regt. Conn. Cont. Infantry as among the original members 
and that he does not appear to have attended other meetings than the one 
in which he was admitted. 

Very respectfully yours, 

Asa Bird Gardner, 

Assistant Secretary R. I. Society. 

Your Committee suggest acceptance and advise amendment of roll 
accordingly. Record was amended. 
1882. 

The Standing Committee would respectfully suggest the passage of the 
following resolutions : 

Whereas. At the annual meeting held in 1868, John Clarke Sims, Jr., was 
admitted a member of the Society under the provisions of Rule 2d regarding 

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membership, as the great great grandson of Alexander Ross, M.D., who, it 
was averred by the affidavit of the late Zachariah Read had been a surgeon 
in the Continental Army. 

And, Whereas, While it is impossible to prove that the said Alexander 
Ross, was not an officer as stated, and while the affidavit of Zachariah Read 
referring to the statements of those who were contemporaries of the said 
Alexander Ross, would go far to prove that he was in some manner connected 
with the military service during the Revolution. Yet as it is more than 
probable that he may have been confounded with his son, Dr. John Ross, who 
was Brigadier Major of the New Jersey Brigade, Continental Army, and an 
original member of the Society. 

And, Whereas, The Society acted in good faith in receiving the state- 
ments made in the said affidavit, and the said John Clarke Sims, Jr., acted in 
equally good faith, believing as he did the said statements, and complied with 
the terms of his admission to membership under the said Rule 2d by paying 
into the Treasury of the Society in 1875, the sum of $250, and has been since 
and is now a member of the Society in good standing. 

And, Whereas, It is known that the said Alexander Ross was a firm 
adherent and well wisher of the patriotic cause in the Revolution and that it 
is more than probable that he did render valuable service to the cause of 
liberty. 

Now, Therefore, In view of the facts hereinbefore set forth and to avoid 
any hardship or injustice to the said John Clarke Sims, Jr., be it; 

Resolved. That the said John Clarke Sims, Jr., being a great grandson of 
Major John Ross, who was an original member of the Society, be (in lieu 
of the action had in 1868 as aforesaid), now admitted a member of the Soci- 
ety, with all the rights and privileges of membership, including succession 
thereto. 

Resolved, That this action being had for the purpose only of confirming 
the said John Clarke Sims, Jr., as a member (and not as a precedent), that his 
name appear on the roll of the Society with the date of his admission as here- 
tofore. 

Resolved, That the Secretary be and he is hereby directed to make proper 
marginal references to this action upon the minutes of the annual meetings 
held in 1868 and 1875. 

The following applications having been received by the Standing Com- 
mittee and their admission recommended : 

1. Paul Augustine Hendry, eldest son of Charles Fox Hendry by right 
of Capt. Samuel Hendry, an original member. 

2. Reverend Doctor Samuel Moore Shute, eldest son of William Shute, 
/" by right of Brevet Captain Samuel Moore Shute, an original member. 

3. Charles Clinton Beatty, great grandnephew of Captain Erkuries 
Beatty an original member, of whom by the death of the late Rev. Dr. Charles 
C. Beatty, there are now no lineal heirs. They were admitted. 

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4. Anthony Reckless, the grandson of Lieut. Anthony Reckless, an 
original member. The applicant is a younger son of Joseph Woodward Reck- 
less, an Hereditary Member, his elder brother, Joseph D. Reckless, in the year 
1849, declined in his favor and since that date the seat has been vacant, no 
application having been made therefore. Under these circumstances your 
Committee recommend his admission. He was admitted. 

5. Within Rule 2, from Arthur Ryerson, grandson of Lieut. Thomas 
Ryerson, 2d Regt., N. J. Cont. Infantry. The proofs submitted show that 
the applicant is the eldest male heir and representative of the said Lieut. 
Thomas Ryerson, who it is satisfactorily established served as an officer for 
upwards of three years. In view of these facts the Committee would recom- 
mend this application to the favorable consideration of the Society. Rule 
suspended. He was admitted. 

6. The Committee have also received an application under Rule 2, above 
referred to from Mr. William Belden claiming to be the great great grandson 
of Captain Ezekiel Belden, of the Connecticut line, an original member of 
the Society at one time existing in that State. It appears from the papers 
submitted in this case that the applicant is not the eldest male heir of the officer 
from whom he claims descent, the father of the applicant being a younger 
son of the grandson of Captain Ezekiel Belden above referred to, and the 
carrier of this applicant the son of the eldest son of the grandson of the officer 
on account of whose services the claim is based, being now living. As this 
claim is not founded on the descent of the applicant from an officer, who 
served in the New Jersey Line and more particularly as the applicant is not in 
any event the eldest male heir of the officer from whom he claims descent, this 
Committee recommend that the whole matter be placed in the hands of the 
Secretary for further particulars. Adopted. 

1884. 

Your Committee having received the following applications for admis- 
sion to the Society : 

Robert W. Burnet as representative of Surgeon Wm. Burnet; Nathan 
Ford as representative of Capt. Mahlon Ford; Edw. Don Griffin as representa- 
tive of Col. David Forman ; Luther F. Halsey as representative of Capt. 
Luther Halsey; Henry S. Harris as representative of Surgeon Jacob Harris; 
James Sterling Hollinshead as representative of Major John Hollinshead; 
William R. Kinney as representative of Capt. John Kinney; Enoch Anson 
Moore as representative of Surgeon Eben Elmer; Edw. Polhemus as represen- 
tative of Major John Polhemus; Chas. Herbert Sargent as representative of 
Lieut. Eli Elmer; William Ridgway Shreve as representative of Col. Israel 
Shreve; Rev. Dr. Joseph Farrand Tuttle as representative of Ensign Wm. 
Tuttle. 

John Coddington Kinney as representative of Capt. N. Fitz Randolph, 
which application is made under the provisions of the Institution pro- 
vided that as a testimony of affection to the memory of such officers as have 
died in the service their eldest male branches shall have the same right of 

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becoming members, as the children of the actual members of the Society. 
The applicant under Rule 2, pays the funds of the Society the sum of $250. 

William Lester Donnell as representative of Capt. Nathl. Donnell; 
Thomas Talmage Kinney as representative of Lieut. Abraham Kinney. 

Edward Bird Grub as representative of Capt. Peter Grub. This appli- 
cant under Rule No. 2, pays into the Treasury the sum of $500. 

And after a careful consideration of the claims of these gentlemen and 
their fitness for membership in this Society they cordially recommend their 
admission. They were admitted. 

Your Committee further report that satisfactory documentary evidence, 
which is herewith submitted having been presented to them relative to the 
services of Dr. Alexander Ross as a Hospital Physician and Surgeon in the 
Continental Line, and his consequent eligibility to be represented in this Soci- 
ety, and they having duly and carefully considered the same they recommend 
the passage of the following resolution : 

Resolved, That the preamble and resolutions adopted 4th July, 1882, in 
relation to the representation of Surgeon Alexander Ross, be and are hereby 
rescinded and said representation restored to its original status. 

Appendix being papers in the case of Surgeon Alexander Ross, referred 
to in the above report : 

Philadelphia, 5TH March, 1884. 
Francis Barber Ogden, Esq., 

Secretary of the Society of the Cincinnati in State of New Jersey : 

My Dear Sir: 

Referring to the letter addressed to you regarding the Alexander Ross 
case, under date of December 6th, 1883, by Major A. B. Gardner, Judge 
Advocate U.S.A. and Asst. Sec'y- of the Rhode Island State Society of the 
Cincinnati, I desire to submit some observations in relation to the matter in 
question. A brief history of the case is that in 1868, John Clarke Sims, Jr., 
was admitted to membership in the New Jersey State Society of the Cincinnati 
as great great grandson of Alexander Ross, who, it was stated by the affida- 
vit of Dr. Zachariah Read, had served as a surgeon in the Revolutionary Army 
and died May 10, 1780. This affidavit was the only evidence submitted and 
subsequently some question was raised as to its sufficiency. The letter of 
Major Gardner, above referred to gives a clear account of the state of affairs 
in New Jersey in 1779-80, and of the organization of the Continental Medical 
service, and expresses the belief that Alexander Ross served as stated in the 
affidavit of Dr. Zachariah Reed, as Major Gardner has been a close investiga- 
tor of the records 'of the Revolutionary officers, and has spent a number of 
years in such researches, an opinion from him is entitled to great weight. I 
desire to call attention to two points, namely : First, that the professional 
standing of Alexander Ross was such as to render him so prominent as a 
physician, that his sympathies being with the patriotic rank, it followed as a 
rational conclusion that his professional services would be sought for by the 
military authorities, and be willingly given by him; and Second, that the 

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family and social relations of Dr. Zachariah Read were such as to place within 
his reach knowledge or information of Alexander Ross, that is entitled to be 
received with absolute credence. As to the first point, I desire to refer to the 
following extract from History of Medicine and Medical Men in New Jersey, 
page 378. "Dr. Ross was one of the most prominent and skillful medical men 
of South Jersey, at the time in which he lived. He rode over a large extent 
of country, on an old black mare, with his saddle bags stuffed with medicines, 
and required two weeks, generally to make each of his patients a visit." To 
the foregoing, I wish to add the statement that Alexander Ross was a gradu- 
ate of medicine of the University of Edinburgh and to call attention to the 
fact that in his day in New Jersey the greater number of the practitioners of 
medicine were not graduates of any school. So much for the professional 
standing of Alexander Ross. Now, as to his sympathies, it cannot be ques- 
tioned that he was loyal to the patriotic cause when his only son and his 
son-in-law. Major John Ross and Major Richard Cox were officers in the 
Continental Army. It is interesting to note here that Major John Ross, 
married July 8, 1778, at Egg Harbor, N. J., Mary Brainerd. The 
only child of that Rev. John Brainerd who, in 1776, had preached 
at Blackwoodtown, N. J., a sermon glowing with patriotism, appealing 
to the people to enlist and fight for their country, the text being. Psalm 
cxLiv., I : "Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to 
war and my fingers to fight" ; and that Egg Harbor was the home of the Hon. 
Elijah Clark, the warm personal friend of John Brainerd, a member of the 
Provinical Congress and Lieut. Col. of the 2d Batt. of Gloucester Co., whose 
youngest son John Lardner Clark, married, August i, 1797, the eldest daugh- 
ter of Major John Ross; the daughter of this marriage was the mother of 
John Clarke Sims, Jr., the claimant admitted to membership in 1868, as before 
stated. As to the second point. Dr. Zachariah Read was the grandson of 
Joseph Read, who was born in 1739, and died in 1814, and whose wife Mar- 
tha, who was born in 1753, and died in 1830, was the daughter of Zachariah 
Rossell, whose second wife was Elizabeth Ross, the widow of Alexander Ross; 
she died in 1807, aged 74 years; the parents of Dr. Zachariah Read were 
Samuel J. Read, who was born in 1771, and died in 1856, and Sarah, daugh- 
ter of Dr. Stacy Budd. She was born in 1781 and died in 185 1. Dr. Stacy 
Budd was born in 1740, and died in 1804, and from the history of Medicine 
and Medical men in New Jersey above quoted, page 179, it is learned that he 
studied medicine with Dr. Alexander Ross in Burlington. All the persons 
above named lived in Mount Holly, N. J. Dr. Zachariah Read, was born in 
1808, graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1830, and 
after practising the profession in Mount Holly for over forty years died there 
in 1879. During all his long life; he was interested in the early local history 
of the neighborhood of his home, and gave much of his spare time to the 
collection of facts concerning it. Now to review the matter, it is evident that 
the service of a physician of the prominence of Alexander Ross, would have 
been eagerly sought for. when, as Major Gardner states, the demand for medi- 
cal attendance became most urgent, and the few whig practitioners in New 
Jersey were called upon and could not decline to serve, and with two of his 

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family in the patriot army, he could not have failed to render his services to 
the cause in which his sympathies were naturally enlisted. The affidavit of 
Dr. Zachariah Read states, it has always been a matter of current report that 
Dr. Alexander Ross, the father of Maj. John Ross, was a Surgeon in the Army 
of the Revolution; that he has often been so informed by members of his 
family in the last generation and by aged persons resident years back in Mount 
Holly, in which town Dr. Alexander Ross lived and died. What members 
of his family are these that he refers to ? His grandmother, who did not die 
until he was a man grown, was the contemporary for twenty-seven years of 
Alexander Ross, and was the stepdaughter and contemporary for fifty years 
of Elizabeth Rossell, the widow of Alexander Ross. Dr. Read's father, who 
lived until 1856, was the contemporary of the said Elizabeth Rossell for thirty- 
six year?. His mother who lived until 185 1, was the daughter of the student 
of Alexander Ross, and was the contemporary of Elizabeth Rossell for twenty- 
six years. A comparison of the foregoing dates shows that Dr. Zachariah 
Read, had unusually good sources of information regarding Alexander Ross, 
and that the sources from which he obtained his information were so direct 
that his affidavit is entitled to full faith and credence. Recently access has 
been obtained to an historical manuscript prepared during 1859-1861 by Dr. 
Zachariah Read, entitled Annals of Mount Holly, from which the following 
are extracts: "The next house was where old Dr. Ross once lived; he died 
about 1780, and was in the war as a Surgeon. John Guy, this old colored 
man, lived in a small house which formerly stood opposite Stacy Atkinson's 
in Pine Street. He waited upon Dr. Ross, who was a Surgeon in the Revolu- 
tionary War. Alexander Ross was a practising physician and served as a 
Surgeon in the American Army of the Revolution. He lived in Church 
Street." 

I am, my dear Sir, verv truly vours, 

JOHN C. SIMS, JR.. 
State of New Jersey, | 
County of Burlington, ^ 

Be it remembered. That on the fifth day of May, A. D., 1884, before me, 
one of the Masters of the Court of Chancery of the said State, personally 
appeared Clifford Stanley Sims, who, being duly sworn according to law on 
his oath saith, that he has carefully examined a written communication from 
John C. Sims, Jr., to Francis Barber Ogden, Secretary of the Society of the 
Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey and dated, Philadelphia, 5th March, 
1884, and that he has verified the same by carefully comparing certain of the 
statements therein made with the printed book therein referred to and entitled, 
"History of Medicine and Medical Men in New Jersey," and by carefully com- 
paring certain other of such statements with family records and papers in the 
possession of this deponent, and by carefully comparing certain other of such 
statements with an historical manuscript temporarily in the possession of this 
deponent and entitled, "Annals of Mount Holly," and by carefully comparing 
certain other of such statements with the inscriptions on certain of the grave- 
stones in the church-yards or burial grounds of Saint Andrew's Church in 

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Mount Holly, Burlington County, State of New Jersey, aforesaid, and which 
said inscriptions are as follows : 

"Beneath this stone are interred the remains of Joseph Read, Esquire. 
He was born in the City of Philadelphia, on the i6th of April, 1739, and 
departed this life at Mount Holly, on the 19th of November, A. D., 1814, 
aged 75 years, 6 months and 23 days." 

"In Memory of Martha, relict of Joseph Read, who departed this life 
February 19th, A. D. 1830, in the 77th year of her age." 

"Samuel J. Read, Esquire, born December 14th, 1771, died October 2d, 
1836, and Sarah Read, born 1781, died 185 1, our father and mother." 

"Z. Read, M. D., born Sept. 19th, 1808, died July 28th, 1879." 

"Sacred to the memory of Alexander Ross, M. D., who departed this 
life May loth, A. D. 1780, aged 67 years." 

"Elizabeth, the 2d wife of Z. Rossell, died June 8th, 1807, aged 74 years," 
and that all and every of the statements so made in the said written communi- 
cation are in full and exact accord with the said printed book, family records 
and papers, historical manuscript and inscriptions on gravestones, so carefully 
examined and compared as aforesaid by this deponent. 

CLIFFORD STANLEY SIMS. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me at Mount Holly, the day and year 

aforesaid. 

CHAS. EWAN MERRIT, 

M. C. C. 



Judge Advocate's Office, Governor's Island, N. Y. City, 

6th December, 1883. 
Francis Barber Ogden, Esq., 

Secretary of the Society of Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey. 
My Dear Sir : 

Two years ago I had the honor to be consulted by you, and asked to 
give such information as the records in my possession offered, relative to 
the right of Dr. Alexander Ross, deceased, to have been admitted an original 
member in the Society of the Cincinnati, had he lived until that Order was 
instituted. In my reply I came to the conclusion that he would not have 
been entitled to original membership: ist. Because his name does not appear 
in Gen. Stryker's records of Continental and Military Officers of New Jersey 
in the Revolutionary War. 2d. Because I could not find his name in the 
rosters of the lines of any other State. 3d. Because I could not find his 
name in the list of those who would have been entitled to half-pay for life. 
Since then I have continued my researches in the register of the Rhode Island 
Cincinnati, and have discovered a great deal as to the Continental Medical 
Department of the Army of the Revolution and therefore beg leave to with- 
draw my former expression of opinion for the following reasons : I would 
surmise by saying that the actual rosters of Continental Medical Officers are 

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exceedingly imperfect prior to 1781, more so, indeed, than as to any other 
branch of the service. Under the resolve of Congress of 7th of April, 1777, as 
to the Medical Department there were allowed in each military district as many 
senior physicians and surgeons and second surgeons as the director general or 
deputy director general deemed necessary, and they were accordingly ap- 
pointed by the physician general and surgeon general of the district and held 
Continental commissions, but were liable to become supernumerary on dis- 
continuance of a hospital. They were also all liable to the rules and articles 
of war. These regulations continued in force until the entire new arrange- 
ment of Congress on September 30, 1780, by which a large portion of the 
Continental medical officers were made supernumerary and honorably dis- 
charged on October 6, 1780. As the resolutions as to half pay for life were 
not promised by Congress until the resolutions of Congress of the 3d and 21st 
of October, 1780, for those who should continue in service, the medical officers 
who were honorably discharged in that month and their names do not there- 
fore appear in my half pay rolls. I did not, however, discover that they were 
thus discharged in October, 1780, instead of January i, 1781, until about six 
weeks ago. Now as to Mr. John Clarke Sim's claim to represent his great- 
great-grandfather, Surgeon Alexander Ross, in the New Jersey Cincinnati, 
I am of the opinion that it ought to be favorably considered for three rea- 
sons. Surgeon Ross certainly served and I believe Dr. Zachariah Read's 
affidavit to have been correct in fact as well as in intent. There is no mistake 
as to who were surgeons of militia in New Jersey, as a complete record of 
them is to be found in Gen. Stryker's valuable and painstaking official pub- 
lication. Surgeon Ross' service was therefore undoubtedly Continental, and 
the question arises, when was this service performed and for how long? 
The history of the Medical Department of the Continental Army points 
directly to the time when Surgeon Ross must have served. It could not have 
been in the years 1777 and 1778, because the main Continental Army did 
not then occupy the State of New Jersey. In 1779 it was encamped princi- 
pally in the Highlands of the Hudson until late in the Autumn, when it went 
into winter quarters, in such parts of the country as would most readily 
afford subsistence and at the same time permit prompt concentration. Some 
of the troops were accordingly cantoned in Connecticut, others in the High- 
lands and the remainder in New Jersey. The winter of 1779-80 proved to 
be one of unexampled severity, and the soldiers being illy supplied with cloth- 
ing and their subsistence being scanty and of poor quality, sickness and dis- 
ease increased in an alarming ratio. Dr. James Tilton, of Delaware, became 
the Hospital Surgeon in charge of the General Hospital at Trenton. The 
demand for medical attendance became most urgent, and the few whig practi- 
tioners in New Jersey were called upon and could not decline to serve. Hos- 
pitals were opened in many parts of the State. Private practice was almost 
at a standstill. The deep snows and prevalence of gangs of marauders pre- 
vented any itinerant practice and medical men, unless they had other resources, 
were then unable in New Jersey to support themselves by their profession. 
With the opening of the spring in 1780, matters did not improve in this 
respect, because the campaign of the main Continental Army during the year 

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of 1780 was exclusievly conducted in the Jersies. Until the troops finally 
went into winter quarters in December, 1780. During this year all business 
in that unfortunate State was at a standstill, and no private medical practi- 
tioner could, with personal safety, practice his profession for 3. living and 
make itinerant medical visits. Gen. Knyphausen made his raid into the 
Jersies and the battle of Springfield was fought in June, 1780. The Militia 
were under arms and the farmers who had sown their crops were in many 
instances unable to reap them or else the invading or continental armies did it 
for them. From Dr. Zachariah Read's affidavit there can be no reasonable 
doubt that Dr. Alexander Ross served and as he did not serve in the Militia, 
his service was necessarily Continental. I therefore, express it, as my opin- 
ion and belief, after mature deliberation, that Dr. Alexander Ross entered the 
Continental Service as a Hospital physician and surgeon on or about Decem- 
ber I, 1779, and continued in service until the close of the campaign of 1780, 
when by resolution of Congress of September 30, 1780, he and a large number 
of other medical officers were deranged (;'. e., made supernumerary), on re- 
organization of the medical department, and was honorably discharged, Oct. 
6, 1780. From that time forward he could, with safety practice his profes- 
sion, had he desired to do so. 

I am, my dear sir. 

Very respectfully and very truly yours, 

Asa Bird Gardner, 
Asst. Sec. R. I. State Soc. Cincinnati. 



Judge Advocate's Office, 
Governor's Island, N. Y., 3d April, 1884. 
Francis Barber Ogden, Esq., 

Secretary the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey. 

My Dear Sir : 

Referring to my previous communication relative to the services of 
Alexander Ross, M.D., in the Continental Hospital Department of the Revolu- 
tion, I beg to say that I have been making some further inquiries and 
researches which seem to leave no reasonable doubt that his proper descen- 
dant as determined by the Society, would be entitled to hereditary member- 
ship. Dr. Zachariah Read's affidavit of the 17th August 1866, made by an 
unbiassed and reputable witness points strongly to the conclusion that Dr. 
Alexander Ross, had served as a surgeon in the Revolution. _ Had he served 
in the Militia of New Jersey his name would be found in Adj. Gen. Stryker's 
admirable record of New Jersey's forces in that memorable contest. I find 
on inquiry that Dr. Alex. Ross had resided in Burlington, N. J., seven 
miles from Mount Holly, and later in Mount Holly, where his remains are 
interred, he having died loth of May, 1780. Early in 1779, the Army was 
principally stationed in New Jersey and in the Highlands of the Hudson and 

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one of the principal hospitals for the main Continental Army was established 
at Burlington. In the official History of the Medical Department of the 
Army by Dr. Harvey C. Brown, it is stated, page 52, that the winter of 1779 
and 1 780, was very severe and the soldiers sick in tent and hospital suffered 
very much. The law as it then stood proved that each physician and sur- 
geon general of the army shall appoint such a number of surgeons, as the 
director or deputy director general shall judge necessary for the more effectual 
care of the sick and wounded. The physician general in the middle depart- 
ment was Charles McKnight, A.M., a native of Cranbury, N. J., and the 
Surgeon General was Wm. Brown, M.D., of Maryland, a graduate of Edin- 
burgh University. Each of these gentlemen were undoubtedly well acquain- 
ted with Dr. Alex. Ross, and urged him to take the appointment of Continental 
Hospital Physician or Surgeon. The necessity of his services to his country 
at that juncture were great and he could not with propriety have declined such 
a call. 

I am satisfied that Dr. Alexander Ross was in the service as a Continen- 
tal Hospital Physician from some time in 1779, until his decease. May 10, 
1780. My apology for this communication will be found expressed in my 
former one. 

I have the honor to be, dear sir, 

Very respectfully yours, 

Asa Bird Gardner, 
Asst. Secy. R. I. Society. 



1885. 

The Standing Committee have received the following applications for 
admission to Hereditary Membership, which they recommend to the Society : 

James Wall Schureman Campbell, great grandnephew of Surgeon Geo. 
Campbell ; Charles Henry Campfield, great grandson of Surgeon Jabez Camp- 
field; Charles Brearley Hopkins, great grandson of Lieut. Col. David Brear- 
ley; Bvt. Major General David Hunter, U.S.A., son of Chaplain Andrew 
Hunter; George Tibbits Lane, grandson of Captain Derick Lane; Hon. 
Charles Smith Scott, grandson of Surgeon Moses Scott ; Hon. Horatio 
Seymour, grandson of Lieut. Col. Jonathan Forman ; Theodore Shute, son of 
Capt. William Shute; David Provoost Thomas, grandnephew of Bvt. Capt. 
Edmund Disney Thomas ; Thomas Whitlock, grandson of Bvt. Capt. Eph- 
raim Whitlock; Sidney Augustus Stevens, great grandson of Major John 
Burrowes. They were admitted. 

Subject to the conditions of Rule 2, regulating the admission of mem- 
bers; Hon. John Lambert Cadwalader, grandson of Col. Lambert Cadwala- 
der. Rules suspended. He was admitted , William Henry Elmer, grandson 
of Surgeon's Mate, Moses Gale Elmer. Rules suspended. He was admitted. 

1886. 

The Standing Committee have received the following applications for 
admission to Hereditary Membership, which they recommend to the Society. 

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John La Farge Bonnell, grandson of Capt. James Bonnell; Edward 
Nicholl Dickerson, grandson of Captain John Stotesbury, an original member 
of the Pennsylvania Society transferred to New Jersey in 1793. Francis 
Barber Howell, son of Captain John Howell; Lewis Boudinot Hunter, Medi- 
cal Director, U.S.N., son of Chaplain Andrew Hunter; David Beatty Idell, 
great great grandson of Major John Beatty; James Grant Reed, great grand- 
son of Ensign John Reed. James Davies Shute, grandson of Bvt. Capt. Wm. 
Shute. They were admitted. 

And under the provisions of Rule No. 2 ; James Mortimer Montgomery, 
great great grandson of Colonel William Malcolm; Henry Shreve, grandson 
of Lieut. John Shreve, an original member who failed to deposit one month's 
pay. Rules suspended. He was admitted. 

1887. 

The Standing Committee have received the following applications for 
admission to Hereditary Membership, which they recommend to the Society. 
William Pennington, great grandson of William Sandford Pennington ; 
William Pancost Barber, great grandson of Col. Francis Barber; Horatio 
Seymour, great grandson of Lieut. Col. Jonathan Forman ; William Henry 
Whitlock, great grandson of Captain Ephraim Whitlock; Richard Stockton 
Hunter, grandson of Chaplain Andrew Hunter ; William Case Osmun, grand- 
nephew of Capt. Benajah Osmun ; Reverend George Thornton Wilmer, grand- 
son of Major Richard Cox. They were admitted. 

Under the provisions of Rule No. 2; Flavel McGee, great grandson of 
Qr. Master Joseph Clark. Laid over under the Rule. 

1888. 

The Standing Committee have received the following application for 
admission to Hereditary Membership which they recommend to the Society. 

Walter Yeatman Sedam, grandson of Cornelius Riker Sedam, an orig- 
inal member. He was admitted. 

Under the provisions of Rule No. 2 ; Frederick Wolcott Jackson as rep- 
resentative of Capt. Joshua Huntington, an officer of the Conn. Continental 
Line. 

Franklin Davenport Howell as representative of Surgeon Louis Howell 
of the N. J. Line. 

Flavel McGee as representative of Lieut. Joseph Clark, of the New 
Jersey Line. 

William Scudder Stryker as representative of Captain John Stryker. 

Algernon Sidney Mountain Morgan, great grandson and representative 
of Col. George Morgan of the Continental Line. 

Anthony Eugene Stocker, grandson and representative of Col. Anne 
Louis de Tousard. 

On motion it was resolved in the case of Dr. Stocker, that Dr. Stocker 
be admitted to membership in the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of 
New Jersey in the right of his grandfather Col. Anne Louis de Tousard and 
that by reason only of the said ancestor having paid the original one month's 

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pay to the Society in France, the amount to be paid by the said Dr. Anthony 
E. Stocker to this Society shall be the sum of $200. 

Subject to the provisions of Rule No. 2. 

William Miller Este, grandson and representative of Capt. Moses Est6. 
In each case was the rule suspended and they were admitted subject to their 
compliance with the rule. 

1889. 

The Standing Committee have received the following applications for 
admissions to Hereditary Membership, which they recommend to the suf- 
frages of the Society. Timothy Matlack Cheesman; Robert Newberry 
Stockton; Charles Adolphe Baldwin; William McKnight Reckless. They 
were admitted. 

And under the provision of Rule 2 ; Richard Montgomery Stites ; James 
Seguin de Benneville; John Jackson Riker. The rule being suspended they 
were admitted. 

1890. 

The Standing Committee have examined the following applications for 
admission to membership and recommend the same to the favorable considera- 
tion of the Society : 

As Hereditary Member; Alfred Bell Howell. He was admitted. 

Under the provisions of Rule No. 2. 

Col. Charles Seaforth Stewart, U.S.A.; and Mr. Hamilton Markley. 
Rules were suspended and they were admitted. 

Your Committee recommend the passage of the following resolution : 

Whereas, The applications of certain gentlemen heretofore made under 
and subject to the provisions of Rule No. 2, have been favorably considered 
by this Society, subject to the compliance by said applicants with the provis- 
ions of said rule, and said applicants have not paid the amount fixed by said 
rule as a condition precedent to membership. 

Be It Resolved, That unless said amount shall be paid by said delinquents 
prior to the next annual meeting of the Society the privilege of those appli- 
cants to become members by compliance with the provisions of said rule, shall 
cease and determine. 

That the Secretary notify said delinquents of this resolution. 

That your Committee has passed the following resolution in regard to 
application for membership under the provisions of Rule No. 2. 

Resolved, in the future all applications under the provisions of Rule No. 
2 shall be accompanied with the sum required by the rule to be paid as a 
condition precedent to membership. 

1891. 

The Secretary reported that in pursuance of the resolution passed at the 
last annual meeting of the Society he had notified the gentlemen, who had 
heretofore applied for membership, under and subject to the provisions of 
Rule 2 of the Society, and who had failed to comply with the provisions of 

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said rule, in regard to the payment of the amount fixed by said rule, as a 
condition precedent to membership, and that he had received no response or 
answer to said notices from any of said delinquents. 

The Standing Committee have examined the following applications for 
membership, and recommend the same to the favorable consideration of the 
Society: Lewis Dunham Boggs, as representing Surgeon Lewis Dunham of 
the New Jersey Continental line, an original member. He was admitted. 

Under provisions of Rule No. 2. 

Alexander J. Cassatt as representing James Johnston, Ensign 5th Regt. 
Pennsylvania Line and Robert Lenox Belknap as representing Major David 
Lenox,* Continental Line. The Rules were suspended and they were ad- 
mitted subject to their compliance with said rule. 

Resolved, That whereas the President of this Society by correspondaice 
with the President of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Pennsyl- 
vania is informed that the Society in that State has rescinded the rule putting 
in operation the General Society rules 1854 and 1856, this Society receive 
said applications and admit said applicants to membership under Rule No. 
2. 

That the Standing Committee had examined and considered the applica- 
tion for Hereditary Membership of Mr. Thomas Jefferson Bonnell as repre- 
sentative and grandson of Captain James Bonnell of the New Jersey Line, 
and would recommend the favorable action of the Society thereon. He was 
admitted. 

1893. 

Dr. Isaac Hull Piatt, of Lakewood, N. J., made application for admis- 
sion to membership in the Society under the provisions of Rule 2. The rules 
being suspended he was admitted to membership in the Society upon the 
payment by him into the permanent fund of the Society, the sum of $500. 

1894. 

The following gentlemen made applications for membership in the Soci- 
ety: 

John James Piatt; William E. D. Scott as representatives of Surgeon 
Moses Scott. New Jersey Continental Line; Henry F. Ogden as representative 
of Capt. Aaron Ogden, New Jersey Continental Line; Rev. Richard Lewis 
Howell as representative of Major Richard Howell, New Jersey Continental 
Line. They were admitted. 

Under and subject to the provisions of Rule 2, Mr. Henry D. Maxwell 
as representative of Brigadier General Maxwell, New Jersey Continental 
Line. He was admitted. 

The President stated that in the record of the case of William Scudder 
Stryker, who had been admitted to membership in 1888, as the collateral heir 
and representative of Captain John Stryker of the New Jersey State Troops, 
that subsequent investigations had shown that his great grand uncle, Col. 
Nathaniel Scudder of the New Jersey State Troops, of whom he was the 



♦Pennsylvania Continental Line. W. T. B. S. Imlay, Secretary. 

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representative, was entitled to representation in the Society, and asking that 
the record in regard to his admission to membership be amended so as to sub- 
stitute as the propositus in his case the said Col. Nathaniel Scudder for the 
said Capt. John Stryker; that the Standing Committee upon examination of 
the same recommend that the said record be so amended as requested. On 
motion, this action was adopted. 

The President stated that in 1884, Mr. James Sterling Hollinshead, of 
New York City, had been admitted to membership as the grandnephew and 
representative of Major John Hollinshead, an original member; that the 
applicant and all the members of his family had been sincere in the belief 
that the said Major John Hollinshead had never married, but that recent 
accidental discoveries, from original papers, had disclosed the marriage license 
and the record of the marriage of the said Major John Hollinshead to Hepsiba 
Thomas, and that such marriage was productive of three daughters, from 
the eldest of whom descends the rightful heir of the said Major John Hollins- 
head, in the person of Doctor Persifor Frazer, of Philadelphia. The Presi- 
ent stated that a complete narrative of the case was to be found in the 
papers he presented to the Standing Committee, and he recommended that 
the same be placed on file, in order that upon a vacancy happening in the said 
membership the said Dr. Persifor Frazer might be duly admitted and upon 
motion such recommendation was adopted. 

The President said that the Standing Committee had carefully con- 
sidered the application of the Reverend Richard Lewis Howell, who claims 
admission as the great grandson of Major Richard Howell, an original mem- 
ber, and the Committee find that in 1872, Rear Admiral John Cumming 
Howell was admitted to membership as the grandson of the said Richard 
Howell, and that he died in 1892, leaving issue a daughter only; and the 
question being now raised, whether the succession passed to the issue of such 
daughter, the Committee call attention to the following, which is a parallel 
case. 

Brevet Captain William Sandford Pennington, an original member died 
in 1826, and the following year his eldest surviving son, William Pennington 
applied for admission, when the Standing Committee reported that James 
Pennington, who was the eldest son of the said William Sandford had left a 
son, James Adolphus Pennington, a minor, then thirteen years of age, and 
the Society ruled that such grandson was the proper heir, and in 1836 he was 
admitted to the succession. 

James Adolphus Pennington, died in 1858, leaving no male issue, and 
the following year the said William Pennington was admitted to the suc- 
cession. 

He died in 1862, and 1864 Adolphus Pennington Young, grandson of 
the the said James Adolphus Pennington, applied for admission, when the 
Society ruled that the succession was in the male line, as then represented by 
the eldest son of the said William Pennington, and in 1865, such eldest son, 
William Sandford Pennington, was admitted accordingly. 

The Committee desires to place in their minutes the opinion that in cases 
where the male line of an original member exists that the succession is prop- 

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erly limited to such male line, but that when such male line is extinct and the 
succession has passed to the female line, or where there are no descendants 
of an original member, and the succession has thereby passed to the collateral 
line, that in both such cases the Society is vested with the right of choice 
among the several heirs in the female line, or as among the said collateral 
heirs, as the case may be, and such choice having been exercised, that the 
succession is then fixed in the line of the heir in the female line, or in the line 
of the collateral heir, so chosen. 

Your Committee have received and examined the application of William 
Thomas, son of David Prevost Thomas, our late member, great grandnephew 
and representative of Brevet Capt. Edmund Disney Thomas, and recommend 
his election. He was admitted. 

The application of Charles Hornblower Woodruff was received and laid 
on the table for further information. 

1895. 

The following applications for admission to hereditary membership have 
been presented. 

Ira Abraham Stout, of Nashville, Tenn., grandson of Brevet Captain 
Abraham Stout, who was an original member. 

Hughes Dayton, of New York City, great great grandson of Brigadier 
General Elias Dayton, who was an original member. 

William Edward Lloyd, of Freehold, N. J., grandnephew of Brevet 
Major Richard Lloyd, who was an original member. 

Alexander McWhorter Cumming, of Elizabeth, N. J., great grandson 
of Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, John Noble Cumming, who was an orig- 
inal member. They were admitted. 

The following applications for admission to Hereditary Membership 
were presented. 

Charles Hornblower Woodruff, of New York City, great grand nephew 
of Major Ichabod Burnet, who was an original member of the Society of the 
Cincinnati in the State of Georgia and whose membership since 1791 has been 
represented in this Society. 

Charles Bradley, of Newark, N. J., great grandnephew of the aforesaid 
Major Ichabod Burnet. 

The Committee having carefully examined these rival claims of two 
collateral heirs of the original member named, and having found that the 
said collateral heirs are equally related to such original member, and having 
also found that the said Charles Hornblower Woodruff is the choice of several 
of the other heirs, recofnmend that he be duly admitted to Hereditary mem- 
bership. He was admitted. 

1896. 

The Standing Committee recommend that Luther Murphy Halsey be 
elected an Hereditary Member in place of his late father Luther Foster Hal- 
sey, and that Frederick Alexander Canfield be elected an Hereditary Member 
under Rule 2; that Charles x\bercrombie Sims be admitted in place of his 

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father Clifford Stanley Sims; Waldron Phoenix Belknap be admitted in place 
of his father Robert Lenox Belknap; Richard Wayne Stites be admitted in 
place of his father Richard Montgomery Stites as Hereditary Members of 
the Society. They were admitted. 

The Standing Committee would recommend that the application of 
Thaddeus Kosciusko Chutkowski be laid over for action at the February 
meeting. 

1897. 

The Standing Committee would recommend that the following persons 
be admitted to Hereditary Membership in this Society. 

Mr. George Fitz Randolph Stocker as the representative of Brevet Lieut. 
Col. Anne Louis de Tousard; Mr. Henry Applegate Wilson as the representa- 
tive of Captain Jonathan Holmes ; and that the Reverend Dr. Frank Landon 
Humphreys be admitted as the representative of Colonel David Humphreys 
under the provisions of Rule 2. They were admitted. 

1898. 

The Standing Committee recommend that in the matter of the applica- 
tion of Thaddeus Kosciusko Chutkowski for membership in the Society of the 
Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey as the representative of Brevet Brigadier 
General Thaddeus Kosciusko. Your Committee has examined the before men- 
tioned application and find that the relationship of the applicant to General 
Kosciusko is not satisfactorily shown by any testimony submitted for the con- 
sideration of your Committee, but in view of the important testimonials to the 
high character of the applicant presented with his application we advise that no 
action be now taken. 

That Ulric Dahlgren be admitted to Hereditary Membership as the repre- 
sentative of Surgeon William Messenger Barnett ; Dr. Persifor Frazer as the 
representative of Major John Hollinshead; that the application of Mr. Alfred 
Lawton be made a special order for the adjourned meeting to be held February 
22, 1899 ; ^ncl that the application of Mr. T. K. Chutkowski be laid on the table. 

1899. 

The Standing Committee recommend : 

Mr. Willis G. Kinney, of Louisville, Ky., be admitted as the representa- 
tive of Capt. John Kinney: Mr. Holmes B. Stevens, of Rochester, N. Y., be 
admitted as the representative of Capt. John Burrows; Mr. John Hart Pol- 
hemus, of San Francisco, Cal., be admitted as the representative of Capt. 
John Polhemus. Mr. Washington B. Powell, of Philadelphia, Pa., be ad- 
mitted under Rule 2, as the representative of Captain Cornelius Hennion. 
Mr. Herman John Grosbeck, of Cincinnati, Ohio, be admitted as the repre- 
sentative of Surgeon General William Burnet. 

That Mr. Weston Spies Gales, of Elizabeth, N. J., be admitted as the 
representative of Colonel Oliver Spencer. The recommendations of the 
Committee were adopted and the gentlemen were admitted to membership 
with the exception of Mr. Grosbeck. Information having been received that 

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Mr. Robert Wallace Burnet had left a son who would be the natural repre- 
sentative of Surgeon General William Burnet. 

It was recommended that the application of Mr. T. K. Chutkowski be 
referred back to him with the request that he furnish more data before the 
next annual meeting. 1899. 

1900. 

The Standing Committee would recommend that Mr. Jacob Staats 
Burnet be admitted as the representative of Surgeon General William Burnet; 
Mr. William Holland Wilmer be admitted as the representative of Major 
Richard Cox; Mr. Samuel Shepard Dennis be admitted as the representative 
of Ensign Ezekiel Dennis under Rule 2. They were admitted. 

1901. 

The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : 

Whereas, The eligibility to membership in this Society as the representa- 
tive of Colonel Nathaniel Scudder is vested in William Bradford Stryker son 
of the late General William Scudder Stryker, therefore, be it. 

Resolved, That such membership shall remain in abeyance until his 
disability shall cease. 

The Standing Committee recommend to the Society the admission of Dr. 
Austin Flint Morris as the representative of Major Joseph Morris under the 
Provisions of Rule 2. He was admitted. 

The Standing Committee recommend that Mr. Charles Eldridge Morgan 
be admitted to Hereditary Membership as the representative of Brevet Captain 
Joseph Buck. 

That, Mr. William Burnet Kinney be admitted to Hereditary Member- 
ship as the representative of Lieut. Abraham Kinney. 

That Joseph Farrand Tuttle, Jr., be admitted to Hereditary Membership 
as the representative of Ensign William Tuttle. 

That supplementary information relative to the claim of Thaddeus Kos- 
ciusko Chutkowski, which the Secretary General said in his opinion made Mr. 
Chutkowski eligible for membership, having been presented to your Com- 
mittee they would recommend him for membership under Rule 2, as the rep- 
resentative of Brevet Brigadier General Thaddeus Koscuisko. He was ad- 
mitted. 

That as the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati, waives all claims to 
the membership of Mr. John Reed Scott, therefore, be he admitted to Heredi- 
tary Membership under Rule 2, as the representative of Capt. Moses McClean, 

1902. 

The Standing Committee recommend that Mr. Francis McGee be admit- 
ted as the representative of Deputy Muster Master Joseph Clark. 

That Mr. Harry Reeve Stockton be admitted as the representative of 
Ensign Robert Hamilton. 

That when Mr. Francis Lott Southack complies with the provisions of 
Rule 2, he be admitted as the representative of Lieut. Peter Lott. 

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That the name of Elias Boudinot be transferred from the Hst of Honorary- 
Members to that of Hereditary Members. 

That Mr. William Bradford Stockton Boudinot be admitted as the repre- 
sentative of Colonel Elias Boudinot. 

The recommendations after being amended to read : Whereas, Col. 
and Com. Gen. Elias Boudinot, fulfilled all the requirements for membership 
in the Society of the Cincinnati as shown by the records of the Society, and 
whereas, his name has been, for some time carried upon the list of Honorary 
Members, therefore, be it. 

Resolved, That as in the opinion of this Society the retention of the 
name of Elias Boudinot to the Honorary list was an error, his name be now 
transferred to the list of Hereditary members, where we believe It properly 
belongs. It was adopted. 

The following resolution was unanimously adopted : 

Whereas, Mr. Thaddeous Kosciusko Chutkowski has failed to comply 
with the Provision of Rule 2, in paying $500: therefore, be it resolved, that 
the action of the last annual meeting be reconsidered and his application for 
membership be rejected. 

^903- 

The Standing Committee make the following recommendations for 
admission to membership : 

Mr. Silas Condit Hay, of New York City as the representative and 
grandson of Lieut. Col. Samuel Hay lOth Regiment Pennsylvania Continental 
Infantry. Mr. Ziba Porter Osmun, of New Market, N. J., be admitted as the 
great grandnephew of Brevet Captain Benajah Osmun, 26. Regt. N. J. Conti- 
nental Infantry. They were admitted. 

1904. 

Mr. Francis McGee, the great great grandson of Deputy Muster Master 
Joseph Clark, resigned as a member of the Society and it having been found 
that Joseph Clark was ineligible to membership in this Society, therefore it 
is ordered, that a note stating this fact be placed opposite his name on the 
roster. Mr. Philip Nye Jackson was admitted as the great-grandson and 
representative of Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Huntington, Twentieth Reg't, 
Connecticut Militia. 

1905. 

The Standing Committee would recommend the admission of Captain 
Cecil Stewart, great great grandson of Lieut. Charles Stewart: of Mr. 
Josiah Wilkin Stout, great grandson of Brevet Capt. Abraham Stout; Mr. 
Horace Pease Phillips, great grandson of Capt. John Phillips. They were 
admitted to membership. 



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HONORARY MEMBERS. 

1783- 

His Excellency, Elias Boudinot, Esq., President of Congress; his Excel- 
lency William Livingston, Esq., Governor of the State; and the Honorable 
Brigadier General David Foreman, having been nominated for Honorary 
Members were duly elected. 

Frederick Frelinghuysen, Robert Lettice Hooper and Thomas Hender- 
son, Esq., having been nominated Honorary Members were duly elected. 

1787. 

Doctor Thomas Henderson, having rendered satisfactory reasons for his 
non-attendance, resolved, that the said Doctor Thomas Henderson be admitted 
and sign the Institution. 

1791. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the names of all Honorary 
Members as have not subscribed to the Institution be expunged. It was 
agreed to. 

1806. 

Resolved, That Jacob Burnet, Esq. of the State of Ohio, be and he is 
hereby elected an Honorary Member of this Society. 

1828. 

On Motion the following were admitted as Honorary Members of this 
Society. 

Doctor Lewis Condict, Charles Ewing Esquire, Col. Theodore Freling- 
huysen and General Garret D. Wall. 

1831. 

Resolved, That William Pennington, Esq., son of Mr. Wm. S. Penning- 
ton be admitted an Honorary Member of this Society for life. He was 
admitted. 

1833- 

Resolved, That two honorary members be appointed, wherupon Mahlon 

Dickerson and Samuel L. Southard, Esquires, were duly elected. 

1839. 

Resolved, that "If any Honorary Member of this Society, heretofore 
elected or hereafter to be elected as such shall refuse, omit or neglect to attend 
two regular successive meetings of this Society on Independence days without 
assigning a satisfactory reason therefor to the Society, such omission or neglect 
shall be deemed and taken as a resignation of his seat and membership in this 
Society." Adopted, 1840. Rescinded, 1842. 

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I84I. 

The Standing Committee presented the claim of General Dickerson for 
Honorary Membership. 

1843. 

A communication was received from Gov. Williamson, thanking the 
Society for the honor conferred in electing him an Honorary Member. 

1847. 

Charles T. Stewart is the lineal descendant of his grandfather and would 
have been entitled to membership if his grandfather had been an original 
member of this Society. This, however, was not done, and although we 
should be most happy to number him as one of our members, yet the Com- 
mittee are of the opinion that under our constitution he is not entitled to 
membership, but in consequence of his peculiar situation we do cheerfully 
recommend that he be made an honorary member of this Society. Recom- 
mendation adopted. 

1851. 

General J. Cadwalader, Adjutant General of this State, was unanimously 
elected an Honorary Member of this Society in the place of General Wall, 
deceased. 

1856. 

Mr. Elmer moved that Philemon Dickinson, of Trenton, be elected an 
Honorary Member of this Society, which motion was carried. 

1859. 

On motion, resolved, that Aaron S. Pennington, of Paterson, N. J., be 
admitted as an Honorary Member of this Society and that the President 
notify him of said election. 

1862. 

The Honorable Frederick Frelinghuysen Chancellor of the State of New 
Jersey, and Capt. Chas. Boggs were nominated as Honorary Members of this 
Society. Elected in 1863. 

1866. 

Resolved, That the excuse of Capt. Boggs, honorary member for non- 
attendance upon the meetings of the Society be accepted and that the place of 
the Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen as honorary member be declared vacant, 
he not having attended since his appointment July 4, 1863. 

1867. 

General Gershom Mott. of Bordentown, N. J., was elected an honorary 
member of this Society to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of 
Hon. F. T. Frelinghuysen, and the Secretary was instructed to advise Gen. 
Mott of his election to such membership. 

1869. 

On motion resolved. That Brig. Gen. Gershom Mott, having been duly 
elected to Honorary Membership in this Society on July 4, 1866, and having 

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failed to comply with the provisions of the Rule adopted, July 4, i860, such 
refusal or neglect on his part is accepted by the Society as a resignation of 
such membership, and the position is hereby declared to be vacant. 

Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to communicate to General 
Mott the action of the Society in his matter. 

Com. Chas. S. Boggs, being at sea on Government service and A. S. 
Pennington, Esq., detained at home by sickness, were excused for non-attend- 
ance at this meeting. 

1870. 

Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer nominated for Honorary Membership of the Soci- 
ety the Hon John T. Nixon, of Bridgeton, N. J. 

On motion the Rule requiring nomination a year in advance of balloting 
was suspended and Mr. Nixon was unanimously elected to Honorary Mem- 
bership in this Society. 

Admiral Charles H. Bell, U. S. N., was proposed for Honorary Mem- 
bership fill a remaining vacancy. Admitted 1871. 

1871. 

Admiral Charles S. Boggs, was excused for non-attendance at the pres- 
ent meeting, he being absent from the country on public service. 

1874. 

On motion the rule of the Society regarding election of Honorary Mem- 
bers was suspended and the Hon. John L. Cadwalader and Col. William E. 
Potter were unanimously elected honorary members of this Society. 

1875- 

Col. William E. Potter, an Honorary Member, salutes the Society and 
regrets that official business prevents his meeting with the Society this year. 

1876. 

The rule regarding the election of Honorary Members being on motion 
suspended, General William S. Stryker, Adjutant General of New Jersey was 
unanimously elected an Honorary Member of this Society. 

On Motion the Secretary was ordered to notify all Honorary Members 
who have been absent two or more years of the rule adopted, July 4, i860. 

1879. 

It was moved that Gen. Gershom Mott be excused for non-attendance at 
the meetings of the Society and restored to his position as an Honorary Mem- 
ber at the date of his election in 1867. 

The Hon. Joel Parker and General S. Duncan Oliphant being nominated 
as Honorary Members, rules being suspended, they were elected. 

1881. 

Some question as to the status of Honorary Members having arisen it 
was on motion, resolved, that Honorary Members of this Society are justly 
entitled to and are hereby invested with all the rights and privileges now 
inherent in the Hereditary Members excepting the transmission of member- 
ship to their posterity. 

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1884. 

In consequence of the large increase in our membership the Society is 
entitled to several additional Honorary Members. Honorary Membership is 
thus defined in the Institution : "As there are and will at all times be men 
in the respective States eminent for their abilities and patriotism, whose views 
may be directed to the same laudable objects, with those of the Cincinnati, it 
shall be a rule to admit such characters, as Honorary Members of this Soci- 
ety, for their own lives only. Provided always, that the number of Honorary 
Members in each State, does not exceed a ratio of one to four of the officers 
or their descendants." New Jersey has always held to the policy of freely 
availing herself of this provision and has secured thereby the fraternal co- 
operation of many of her most prominent men. The names of Elias Boudi- 
not, Frederick Frelinghuysen, William Livingston, Samuel Lewis Southard 
and the rest, reflect honor on those who tried to do them honor by this com- 
pliment. Of our Honorary Members now living it were not proper to speak 
individually. We may, however, say collectively the adopted sons of the 
Cincinnati of New Jersey (her Honorary Members of the present day), are 
not one whit behind their distinguished predecessors, and are valuable as well 
as valued additions to our Society. Your Committee beg leave to present for 
your suffrages the names of Rear Admiral George F. Emmons, U. S. N., of 
Princeton; Judge Advocate James N. Stratton, of Mount Holly; Governor 
Joseph D. Bedle, of Jersey City. The rule being suspended they were 
admitted. 

The Hon. Wm. J. Sewall and Mr. Wm. W. Thomas, being nominated 
for Honorary Membership, their names were referred to the Standing Com- 
mittee to report thereon at the next annual meeting. 

1885. 

The names of Hon. Theo. Runyon, Mr. William Winans Thomas and 
Frederick Wolcott Jackson were presented for election as Honorary Members 
of this Society. The rules were suspended and they were admitted. 

1886. 

The Standing Committee recommend the election to Honorary Member- 
ship of General Lewis Perrine, Quartermaster General of New Jersey. Rules 
suspended and he was admitted. 

1887. 

The Standing Committee recommend the election to Honorary Member- 
ship of Robert Stockton Green, Governor of New Jersey and John McAllister 
Schofield, Major General in the service of the United States, commanding the 
Department of the Atlantic. They were elected and admitted. 
1888. 

The Standing Committee recommend the election to Honorary Member- 
ship of the Rev. Doctor Francis L. Patton, President of the College of New 
Jersey; the Honorable Garret Dorset Wall Vroom, of Trenton, and BNi:. Maj. 
Gen. William Joyce Sewell, late U. S. Volunteers. Rules being suspended all 
the above named were admitted. 

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1890. 

The names of Hon. John P. Stockton, Attorney General of New Jersey 
and John P. Nicholson, late Brevet Lieut. Col. U. S. Vols, were presented for 
admission as Honorary Members. Rules being suspended they were admit- 
ted. 

1893- 

The rules being suspended the following gentlemen were elected Honor- 
ary Members : 

Hon. George T. Werts, Governor of New Jersey. 

Hon. Leon Abbett, late Governor of New Jersey. 

Hon. Charles G. Garrison, Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. 

1894. 

The Committee recommend the election of Mr. Edward R. Shubrick as 
an Honorary Member. 

The President stated that he had received verbal application from Ed- 
ward Rutledge Shubrick, of Camden, for admission to membership, and 
that he had learned upon inquiry that the applicant was eligible to admission 
in the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of South Carolina, as the grandson 
of Capt. Thomas Shubrick, who had been an original member of that Society, 
but that such Society could not under their rules admit to membership any 
but citizens of that State; that it was not possible under the rules of this Society 
to admit to membership any but applicants claiming by reason of descent from 
New Jersey officers, and that, therefore, as between the said rules, the applicant 
in this case had no standing before either Society. 

The President further stated that Mr. Shubrick was a gentleman by birth 
and social standing; that he had in early life been an officer in the United 
States Navy ; that he was the only son of the late Capt. Edward Rutledge Shu- 
brick and the nephew of the late Rear Admiral William Branford Shubrick, 
of that service; and that in his opinion it might be proper that the Committee 
recommend nim for election as an Honorary Member, as such course seemed 
the only one open under which his case could be treated; and upon motion 
such recommendation was adopted. 

The rules being suspended by unanimous consent the following were 
elected : The Rev. Frank Landon Humphreys, D.D. ; the Honorable Samuel 
Howell Grey, Frederick Frelinghuysen and Edward Meeker Wood. 

1895- 

The rules being suspended the following gentlemen were elected Honor- 
ary Members : 

The Hon. Mercer Beasley, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New 
Jersey. 

The Hon. William Potter, late Minister to Italy. 

1902. 

Hon. John William Griggs was elected an Honorary Member of the 
Society notice having been given one year ago. 

On motion, Rule or Section XIV of By-laws was suspended and the Hon- 
orable Franklin Murphy, Governor of the State of New Jersey, was elected an 
Honorary Member. 

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*FINANCE. 

1784. 

The members chosen to represent the State Society for the last year in 
the General Society were called upon to exhibit an account of their expenses 
during their attendance at the General Meeting. 

Their several bills amounting to fifty-seven pounds and seven shillings 
and ten pence, were considered and agreed to. Ordered that the same Le 
paid by the members present ; who shall be credited therewith until a general 
plan of settling and paying contingent expenses be established. 

A motion was made and seconded that each member pay $4 for every 
time he shall be absent from the stated meeting of the Society towards a con- 
tingent fund. Upon calling the question it was carried in the affirmative. 

1785- 

On motion the Treasurer was directed to exchange the notes in his hands, 

which do not draw interest from the State Treasury, with the members of the 

Society for those which do. 

1786. 

The Society agreed that the allowance to their delegates in the General 
Society shall be $3 per day in lieu of all expenses, to be paid on warrant from 
the President out of the Contingent Fund. 

On motion it was agreed that the Reverend Mr. Hunter be requested to 
procure eighty diplomas on parchment agreable to the Institution, and that 
every member advance him $1 for defraying the expenses arising thereon. 
And that each member, who is not present and who has not made the advance, 
do it previous to his receiving his diploma. 

1787. 

Resolved, That the resolve heretofore entered with respect to the pay- 
ment of four dollars by absent members from the annual meeting of the Soci- 
ety be repealed and the moneys heretofore paid be reimbursed. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer do forward to the Secretary-General on or 
before the first day of September next, the sum of One hundred and fifty 
dollars and 63-90, being this Society's proportion of the monies allowed to 
Major L'Enfant, which monies he is to furnish from the cash now in his 
hand if sufficient, if not the balance to be apportioned with the contingent 
expenses of the Society now due, on the individual members of the Society 
present, who are directed to pay the same within one month from this date. 

The Committee appointed for the purpose of taking into consideration 
the proceedings of the last general meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati 
and report what is necessary to be done thereon by this State Society previous 
to the next general meeting beg leave to report. 

*No attempt has been made to balance the accounts or correct errors, they are taken 
exactly as they are in the minutes. W. T. B. S. Imlay, Secretary. 

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That this State Society make provision for the payment of their propor- 
tion of $3,014 to the Secretary-General of the Society agreeably to the rule 
of appointment, established by them at their last general meeting, it being 
the sum of $150.63-90, and that the said sum be transmitted on or before the 
first day of September next, for the purpose of discharging certain debts 
incurred in France on account of the Society as stated in the proceedings of 
the general meeting. 

On motion, appointed Col. Gumming and Gapt. Ogden a Committee to 
take up the account of monies to be paid by this State Society previous to 
their adjournment. 

The Treasurer informed the Society that he had received a sufficient sum 
from the members to pay Mons. L'Enfant in paper bills of credit, and there- 
fore, wished to have the direction of the Society. Resolved, that the Treas- 
urer be authorized to turn the said monies into specie, by such prudent means 
as he may devise and that this Society will make good any loss that may arise 
thereon. 

1788. 

There is due to the Hon. David Brearley, Esq., and Joseph Bloomfield, 
Esq., for their attendance at the meeting of the General Society in May last, 
the sum of $24 each, and there are sufficient monies in the hands of the Treas- 
urer to discharge the same without any new assessment on the members. 
The Treasurer was directed to pay the same. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer make report in what manner he has applied 
the money directed by this Society at their last meeting to be paid to the Secre- 
tary-General for the purpose of discharging certain debts incurred in France 
on account of the Society. 

Resolved, That every member who has signed the institution be charged 
with one month's pay. 

Resolved, That every member be also charged with his proportion of the 
expenses assessed at each meeting. 

On Motion, Resolved, That in consideration of the sufferings of Gapt. 
Daniel Baldwin and his inability in consequence of such sufferings to attend 
at the different meetings of the Society, he be excused from paying any pro- 
portion of the expenses heretofore apportioned to the different members 
thereof. 

1789. 

The Treasurer has in his hands belonging to the Society the sum of $111. 

1791. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer be impowered to subscribe the whole of 
that part of the funds of this Society, which bears a present interest of six 
per cent, to the Bank of the United States and that he be authorized to dis- 
pose of so much of the arrears of certificates due from the members, or of the 
three per cent, or deferred stock, at his discretion as will be requisite in addi- 
tion to the monies in his hands to pay the specie proportion required for each 
share. 

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Resolved, That if upon application made by the Treasurer to the persons 
appointed to receive the same, the whole of the shares admissable in the Bank 
of the United States, shall be found to have been subscribed and taken up, 
then, and in that case, he be impowered to contract for shares with individuals 
who hold them and if necessary to give a premium for the same. 

1792. 

The Standing Committee report that there is in the hands of the Treas- 
urer, $2,778.09 of six per cent, stock; $1,691.91 of three per cent, stock, and 
$1,389.05 of deferred stock, all which have been funded and placed upon the 
books of the Treasury of the United States in the name of the Treasurer of 
the Cincinnati of the State of New Jersey or his assigns. There are also in 
the hands of the Treasurer four certificates issued by Benjamin Thompson 
and John Pierce Commissioners amounting to $118.71-90 principal unfunded, 
and there is also in his hands the sum of $129.31-90 specie. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer together with Elias Boudinot, Esq., Capt. 
Dayton, Maj. Bloomfield and the Rev. Mr. Hunter be a Committee for the 
purpose of vesting the funds of this Society in the bank of the United States, 
and they, or any three of them are hereby authorized to act in this business as 
they may think most advantageous to the interests of the Society. 

The Secretary produced an account of money paid Mr. Collins for print- 
ing list of the names of the Society amounting to forty-two shillings, which 
the Treasurer is hereby ordered to pay. 

General Elias Dayton produced an account of postage paid by him for 
letters and communications received for the use of the Society amounting to 
thirty shillings, which the Treasurer is hereby ordered to repay to General 
Dayton. 

1793- 

Resolved, That the Treasurer receive from members who may not have 
deposited one month's pay or from persons who may in future be admitted 
members of this Society, either certificates, as they have been received from 
other members, or specie, at the option of the member, at the current value of 
the certificates with the interest. 

The Standing Committee reported that there are in the hands of the 
Treasurer, $3,257 of six per cent, stock, including the sum of $400 purchased 
in March last, and also $1,746.61 of three per cent, and $1,428.65 of deferred, 
which have been placed and stand upon the books of the Treasury of the 
United States in the name of the Treasurer of the Cincinnati of New Jersey 
or his assigns; and that there is also in his hands the sum of $4.39 in specie. 

1794. 

The Standing Committee reported that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find in his hands the sum of $3>373-96 of six per cent, 
stock of the United States; $1,821.61 of three per cent, stock, and $1,486.98 
of deferred stock. 

They also find that the Treasurer has received, including the balance in 
his hands of the last report, the sum of $316.62, and has paid out of the same, 

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$50 for the relief of Mrs. Pike, and one dollar charged by the Treasurer as an 
error in former settlements, which leaves a balance in his hands of $265.62. 

1795- 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer, and find in his hands the sum of $3,373.96 of six per cent, 
stock of the United States; $1,821.61 of three per cent, stock, and $1,879.17 
of the deferred debt of the United States. The Committee also find that the 
Treasurer has received, including the balance in his hands on the last report, 
the sum of $530.99, and has paid for the relief of the widow of Mr. William 
Piatt, $50, for the expenses of the Society in 1793 at Elizabeth Town, and in 
1794 at Trenton, the sum of $162.88, and for the purchase of $392.19 defer- 
red stock, at fourteen shillings in the pound, the sum of $274.53, which leaves 
a balance of $43.58 in the hands of the Treasurer. 

The Standing Committee recommend that as Major Richard Lloyd left 
no son and the said William Lloyd is his eldest brother, he be admitted a 
member on paying $40, being one month's pay, and the interest due thereon, 
which was not paid by the said Maj. Lloyd. This was agreed to. 

1796. 

The Standing Committee have examined the accounts of the Treasurer 
and find in his hands the sum of $3,496.56 of six per cent stock, of the United 
States in which sum is included $123.60, being the amount of a certain certifi- 
cate issued the 7th day of April, 1796, purchased on that day by the Treas- 
urer; $1,821.61 of three per cent, stock and $1,879.17 of the deferred debt of 
the United States. The Committee also find that the Treasurer has received, 
including the balance in his hands on the last report, the sum of $309.13, and 
hath paid $83.63 for the expense of the Society 4th of July, 1795, at Elizabeth 
Town; and for the purchase of the above certificate of $123.60, the sum of 
$109.02; and for contingent expenses on warrants of the President $18.96; 
and that there remains a balance in cash in the hands of the Treasurer of 
$104.72. 

1797. 

The Standing Committee have examined the accounts of the Treasurer 
and find in his hands the sum of $3,497.56 of six per cent, stock; $2,262.91 of 
three per cent, stock, in which sum is included a certain certificate purchased 
by the Treasurer for the sum of $441.30, issued the second of June, 1797, and 
bearing interest from the first of April preceding; and the sum of $1,879.17 
of the deferred debt of the United States; the Committee also find in the 
Treasurer's hands a certificate for $40 of the denomination of final settlement 
issued by John Pierce, Esq., and paid forward by William Lloyd, Esq., at the 
last meeting of the Society, and which by the Statute of Limitation, cannot be 
funded in the stock of the United States. 

The Treasurer has received in addition to the balance reported to be in 
his hands at the last meeting the further sum of $251.78 and he hath paid to 
the Representative for their attendance in the General Society in May, 1796, 
the sum of $60; the sum of $75.85 for the expenses of the Society on the 

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last anniversary at Trenton, npon warrants drawn by tlie President: and also, 
the snni of $j_'0.65 for the purchase of the certificate of three per cent, stock 
as above stated, and that there remains a balance in cash in his hands of the 
sum of $133.32. 

1798. 

The Standing Committee have examined the accounts of the Treasurer 
and find the sum of $5,373.46 of six per cent, stock, and the sum of $1,879.17 
of the deferretl debt of the United States. The Treasurer has agreeably to a 
former order of the Society sold the sum of $2,262.91. being the whole of 
three per cent, stock belonging to the funds of this Society, from the proceeds 
of which, with the aildition of $300 in cash, he has added to the six per cent, 
stock the sum of $1,875.90. 

The Committee still finil in the Treasurer's hands the final settlement 
certificate for $40. paid forwani by William Lloyd, Esq., and which may now 
be funded by a late law of the United States. The Committee find that the 
Treasurer has received in addition to the balance reported to be in his hands 
at the last meeting, the further sum of $403.10, and that he hath paid for 
the purchase of the six per cent, stock as above reported the sum of $300: for 
the expenses of the Society on the last .\nniversary at Elizabeth Town. $102.- 
^y\ and also the stun of $50 paid to William Shute, Esq., for the use of the 
widow of Capt. William Piatt and that there remains a balance in cash in his 
hands of the sum of $84.05. 

^799- 

The Standing Committee have examined the accounts of the Treasurer 
and find the sum of $5,373.46 of six per cent, stock; and the sum of ^2.12^.2,7 
of the deferred stock of the United States, including the sum of $294.20, 
purchased by the Treasurer since the last meeting, and also the sum of $9.98 
of the three per cent, stock arising from the finuling of a final settlement note, 
$40 paid forward by William Lloyd. Esq. 

The Treasurer has received in addition to the balance of $84.05. reported 
to be in his hands the last year, the sum of $429.00. being interest and divi- 
dend of the public stock of the Society, and the further sum of $41.28 arising 
from the funding of the final settlement note before mentioned, amounting in 
the whole to $555.23. 

That he hath paid the sum of $210.84 ft)r the purchase of the deferred 
stock as above reported : for the expenses of the Society at the last anniversarv 
at Trenton, the sum of $115.17; by order of the Society, the simis of $4, to 
the Rev. James F. Armstrong, and $30 to Gen. Bloomfield for defraying the 
funeral and other expenses of Maj. John HoUinshead, deceased, and of $40, 
transmitted to Lieut, .\braham Stout, making in the whole $400.01. There 
remains a balance in cash in his hands of the sum of $155.20. 

1800. 

The Standing Committee have examined the accounts of the Treasurer 
and find the sum of $5,373.46 of six per cent, stock: and the sum of ^2.i~;^.;^7 
of the deferred debt of the United States ; and the sum of $9.98 of three per 

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cent; and $300 of the eight per cent, stock and also, the sum of $76.83 in 
cash, which is the balance of cash now in his hands. 

He has received, since the last meeting, of Lieut. Mahlon Ford in lieu of 
his deposit of one month's pay, $36.50; and for one year's interest and dividend 
on the funds of the Society, $432.61. He has expended as follows: To the 
delegates who attended the General Society in Philadelphia in May, 1799, 
$84: the expenses of the Society at Joseph Lyon's in Elizabeth Town, $145.50, 
and for the purchase of $300 of eight per cent, stock, $318, which leaves the 
above balance of $76.83 in the hands of the Treasurer. 

The Society requested the Treasurer to make such exchange of the whole 
or any part of the funds of the Society for such other stock as to him might 
seem productive of a greater revenue. 

1 801. 

The Standing Committee reported that the Treasurer's accounts were 
examined and they find the sum of $5,373.46 of six per cent, stock, and the 
sum of $2,173.37 of the deferred debt of the United States, now bearing an 
interest of six per cent., anrl the sum of $9.98 of three per cent. ; also the sum 
of $300 of the eight per cent, stock. It also appears that the sum of $316.50 
in cash has been placed in the hands of Maj. McEwen, of Philadelphia for the 
purpose of purchasing stock for the benefit of the Society. The Treasurer 
has expended since the last meeting the sum of $175.71, exclusive of the 
money mentioned as placed in the hands of Maj. McEwen. The sum of $69, 
the balance of cash, now remains in his hands. 

1802. 

The Standing Committee reported that they find in the hands of the 
Treasurer, the sum of $300 in eight per cent. ; the sum of $7,546.83 in nomi- 
nal six per cent., and the sum of $9.98 in three per cent, stock. They also 
find in his hands a certificate for the sum of $397.66, nominal six per cent, 
stock, being the proceeds of the sum reported at the last meeting to be in the 
hands of Maj. McEwen, of Philadelphia. They further find a certificate of 
$492.22 nominal six per cent, stock in his hands being the proceeds of $400, 
principal and interest received by the Treasurer, since the last report making 
in the whole the sum of $300 eight per cent.; $8,436.71 six per cent, nominal, 
and $9.98 three per cent, stock. 

The Treasurer has expended since the report of the Committee at the 
last meeting, the sum of $152.66, and the sum of $197.57 in cash, inclusive 
of the $20 returned by Maj. Shute into the Treasury by order of the Society 
at their last meeting now remains in his hands. 

Ordered, That the President sign a warrant in favor of Gov. Bloomfield 
for $5 for the payment of a box to contain the records of the Society. 

Ordered, That a warrant be signed by the President for $24 in favor of 
Abraham Brown for transcribing the minutes of the Society from July 4, 
1797 to July 4, 1 801, inclusive. 

1803. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the Treasurer's 

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books and accounts, and find the several sums following vested in the public 
stock of the United States, viz. : $300 in eight per cents. ; $9,069. 1 5 in nomi- 
nal six per cents., being in real stock on the first of this month about $7,500.00 
and $9.98 in three per cents. In addition to the sum of $197.57, cash remain- 
ing in the Treasurer's hands at the last settlement, he has since received in 
principal and interest arising on the funds, the sum of $708.65, and he has 
disbursed the sum of $627.22, inclusive of $500 paid for the purchase of 
$630.44 in nominal six per cent, stock, and now making a part of the before 
mentioned $9,067.15, and that there now remains $279, a balance of cash in 
his hands. 

The Committee recommend to the Society that the Treasurer be author- 
ized to dispose of the small certificate of three per cent, stock, amounting to 
$9.98 and that the money arising therefrom be invested in six per cent, stock 
at his' next purchase. 

1804. 

The Standing Committee reported that they have examined the Treas- 
urer's books and accounts and has found the following sums which are vested 
in the public stock of the United States, viz. : $300 in eight per cents. ; $7,- 
457.62 in old six per cents., being in value at this time, $5,681.96; $2,714.84 
in deferred six per cent, stock, being in value $2,536.44, making a total value 
of $8,518.43 of real stock, in which sum is included, $1,105.31 in six per cent, 
stock being the produce of $900 interest and principal of former stock, and 
$5.68 the amount of a certificate of $9.98 in three per cents, directed to be 
sold by the Treasurer and be invested in six per cent, stock. 

The Treasurer had expended since the last meeting of the Society the 
sum of $89.63, being the amount of the dinner bill and other expenses at Eliza- 
beth Town. There now remains a balance in cash in his hands of $99.39. 

1805. 

The Standing Committee reported that they had examined the Treas- 
urer's books and accounts and found in his hands, the following sums which 
are vested in the funds of the United States, viz. : $300 in eight per cent, 
stock; $8,359.96 in old six per cent, stock, being in value at this time, $6,075 
and $2,714.84 in deferred six per cent, stock, being in value at this time, ?2,- 
469.20, making a total value of $8,844.20 of real stock in which sum is 
included, $902.34 in nominal old six per cent, stock, being the produce of $600 
interest and principal of former stock. 

The Treasurer had expended since the last meeting of the Society the 
sum of $179 and there remains in cash in his hands, $157.31. 

On Motion, Resolved, That the fees and instalments due from Lieut. 
Abraham Stout to the Treasury for the Society on the delivery of his diploma 
be remitted. 

1806. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the Treas- 
urer's books and accounts and they found the several following sums, which 
are vested in the stock of the United States, viz. : $300 in eight per cent. ; 

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$8,359-96 in old six per cent, stock, being in value at this time, $5,762.50; 
$3,549.49 in deferred six per cent, stock, being in value at this time, $3,136.18, 
making a total value of $9,198.68, which makes an increase of capital in real 
stock since the last annual meeting of $354.48 ; in which sum is included 
$834.49 deferred six per cent, stock, being the proceeds of $700, interest and 
principal of former stock. The Committee further report that the Treasurer 
has paid out since the last meeting of the Society, the sum of $147.38, and 
that there now remains of cash in his hands, $219.18. 

1807. 

The Standing Committee reported that they have examined the Treas- 
urer's books and accounts, and find the several following sums, which are 
vested in the public stock of the United States, viz. : $300 in eight per cent, 
stock, $8,359.76 in old six per cent, stock, being in value at this time, 
$5,430.58; $4,439.13 in deferred six per cent, stock, being in value at this 
time, $3,799.20, making a total value of $9,529.78 real stock, which makes an 
increase of capital of $331.10 since the last annual meeting. In which sum 
is included, $889.80 deferred six per cent, stock, being the produce of $750, 
interest and principal of former stock. 

The Treasurer has paid out since the last meeting of the Society, the 
sum of $276.37, and there now remains of cash in his hands, $170.16. 

1808. 

The Treasurer of this Society reported that Messrs. McEwen, Hale and 
Davidson, brokers of the City of Philadelphia, have transacted the business of 
this Society in the funding and vesting from time to time the monies paid in 
upon the capital stock of this Society and have refused to receive any commis- 
sions for their trouble. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the Treasurer's 
accounts and find that the six per cent, and deferred stock reported at the 
last meeting have been vested in permanent stock of the United States, and do 
amount to $8,865.89, bearing an interest of six per cent, from January first, 
eighteen hundred and eight. And the $300 eight per cent, stock, with the 
balance in the hands of the Treasurer, including the quarter ending the thirty- 
first of March last, hath produced the sum of $967.45, permanent stock, pay- 
able with interest from the first of April, eighteen hundred and eight, making 
a total sum of $9,833.34; producing a quarterly interest of $147.50. The 
Treasurer has paid out since the last meeting, $416.50, exclusive of the pur- 
chase of stock, and there now remains of cash in his hands, $59.38. 

Resolved, That $166.66 or so much as may be necessary be appropriated 
to increasing the capital stock of the Society to $10,000, and that the Treas- 
urer take order accordingly. 

1809. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the Treasurer's 
accounts and find that he has invested in the permanent stock of the United 
States, the sum of $166.66, which added to the sum of $9,833.34, heretofore 
invested in similar stock, making a total sum of $10,000, now in the hands of 

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the Treasurer, and producing a quarterly interest of $150, commencing on the 
first day of last April. The Treasurer has paid out since the last meeting, 
the sum of $673.82, including $170 paid for additional permanent stock, 
as above mentioned, and that there is a balance now due the Treasurer of 
$44- 34- 

1810. 

Tiie Standing Committee report that the Treasurer has now in his hands, 
in permanent six per cent, stock of the United States the sum of $10,000, 
producing a quarterly interest of $150. That he has paid out since the last 
meeting, the sum of $495.54 pursuant to resolutions entered into by the Soci- 
ety, and that the sum of $106.46 now remains in his hands unappropriated. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer be authorized and requested in this case to 
reinvest the funds of this Society to the same amount, in such other stock of 
the United States as he in his discretion shall deem most advisable. 

1811. 

The Standing Committee reported that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find that in consequence of the arrangements made by 
the Treasury Department he has had paid to him, the sum of $10,000, which 
constitutes the funds of the Society and which has been invested in six per 
cent, stock; and that he has reinvested the same in the following manner, 
viz. : $7,600 in the stock of the Masonic Loan bearing interest at six per 
cent, per annum ; $2,400 in the converted three per cent, stock of the United 
States at a like interest. 

The Committee further report that since the last settlement the Treasurer 
has paid to the order of the Society the sum of $513.50, and that there remains 
a balance in his hands of $38.46 ; and there was due on the first of this month 
arising from interest on its funds the sum of $264.00; and that there will 
accrue to the Society on the first day of January next, the further sum in inter- 
est of $300; making a total sum of $602.46. 

Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to advise the Treas- 
urer to convert the funds of this Society in whole or in part into any other 
public stock, provided always that in no case they lessen the annual income 
under $600 per annum if it can be so done without diminishing the capital 
sum of $10,000. And in case of such advise, the Treasurer is hereby author- 
ized and directed to transfer the same accordingly. 

1812. 

The Standing Committee has examined the accounts of the Treasurer 
and find that the permanent funds of the Society consist of the sum of $10,000 
of six per cent, stock, viz. : 

Certificates of converted six per cent, stock of the United States loan 
office of the State of Pennsylvania for the sum of $2,400; seventy-six certifi- 
cates of the Masonic Loan in $100 each. 

The Committee reports that since the last settlement the Treasurer has 
paid to the order of the Society the sum of $465, and that there remains at 
this time a balance in his hands of $173.46. That there was due on the first 

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day of this month arising from interest on its funds the sum of $264, and 
that there will accrue to the Society on the first day of January next, the 
further sum of $300, making a total sum of $733.44. 

Resolved, That this Society accepts the bond offered by the Treasurer. 

The Treasurer having informed the Society that $2,400 stock of the 
United States, part of the permanent funds of this Society, will be discharged 
by the General Government on the first day of January next. 

Resolved, That he be authorized and required in this case to reinvest the 
same in such other stock as shall be deemed most advisable. 

Resolved, That Dr. Boudinot, Gen. Rhea and Maj. Cox be a Committee 
to advise with the Treasurer in the disposition of the funds of this Society. 

Ordered, That the Treasurer pay to Dr. E. Boudinot, Gen. Gumming, 
Gen. Giles and Gen. Beatty $20 each, being for their expenses in attending the 
General Society of Cincinnati, which sat in the City of Philadelphia in August 
last. 

1813. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society consist of $10,000 
six per cent, stock, viz.: 76 certificates of the Masonic loan in $100 each; 
also $2,400 in six per cent, stock of the United States of 1812. The latter 
sum of $2,400 directed to be reinvested by the Treasurer in such other stock 
as should be deemed most advisable. The Committee further reports that 
since the last settlement the Treasurer has paid to the order of the Society 
the sum of $426 and that there remains at this time a balance in his hands of 
$353.46. That there was due on the first day of this month arising from 
interest on its funds the sum of $264, and that there will accrue to the Society 
on the first day of January next, the further sum of $300, making a total of 
$917.46. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer be directed to seal up the certificates com- 
posing the permanent funds of this Society and lodge them with the Cashier 
of the State Bank at Elizabeth for safe keeping. 

1814. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of this Society to consist of 
$10,000 six per cent, stock. The Committee further report that since the 
last settlement the Treasurer has paid to the order the Society the sum of 
$537.52, and that there remains at this time a balance in his hands of $415.94. 

1815. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society to consist of the 
sum of $10,000 in six per cent, stock, which have been examined and counted 
by the Committee and deposited in the vaults of the State Bank at Elizabeth. 

The Committee further reoort that since the last settlement the Treasurer 
has received the sum of $600 which with the balance then remaining in his 
hands makes the sum of $1,015.94; and that there was due on the first instant 

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the further sum of $264; and that the Treasurer has expended the sum of 
$478.37, leaving a balance in his hands of $547.57, which with the sum due 
as above on the first instant places at the disposition of the Society the sum of 
$811.57. 

The Committee recommend that in addition to the sum of $10 advanced 
by and credited to the Treasurer on this day's settlement towards defraying the 
expenses of the funeral of Mrs. M. Barton, the widow of Capt. Wm. Barton, 
there be allowed and paid the further sum of $20 to Sarah the daughter of the 
said deceased for the same purpose. 

Ordered, That the surplus money over and above the capital of $10,000, 
which shall remain in the Treasurer's hands on the rising of the Society shall 
be vested in the six per cent, stock of the United States by the Treasurer, and 
to remain as a separate fund for such purposes as may be ordered by the 
Society hereafter. 

1816. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society to consist of the 
sum of $10,000 in six per cent stock. The Committee further report that 
agreeably to a resolution of the Society the Treasurer produced a loan office 
certificate of the United States for $400, drawing an interest of six per cent., 
dated July 27, 1815, being the amount of the surplus monies in his hands. 
Since the last settlement the Treasurer has received the sum of $618, which 
with the balance then remaining in his hands makes the sum of $1,165.57, ^"^ 
that there was due on the first instant the further sum of $270, and the 
Treasurer has expended the sum of $823.75, leaving a balance in his hands of 
$341.82, which with the sum due as above on the first instant places at the dis- 
position of the Society the sum of $611.82. 

1S17. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society to consist of the 
sum of $10,000 in six per cent, stock, the certificates for which have been 
deposited in the vault of the State Bank at Elizabeth and the Committee 
report that agreeably to a resolution of the Society the Treasurer produced a 
loan office certificate of the United States for $400, drawing an interest of six 
per cent., dated July 27, 181 5, being the amount of the surplus monies then in 
his hands. 

The Committee report that since the last settlement the Treasurer has 
received $624, which in addition to $341.82, the balance of last year makes the 
sum of $965.82, and that there was due on the first of July instant, the further 
sum of $220. The Treasurer has expended the sum of $578, leaving a bal- 
ance of $387.82, which with the sum due as above on the first instant places 
at the disposal of the Society the sum of $657.82. 

1818. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society, the same as last 
year. 

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The Committee report that the Treasurer has received $624, which in 
addition to $387.82, the balance of last year, makes the sum of $1,011.82. 
There was due on the first of July instant, the further sum of $270. The 
Treasurer has expended the sum of $585.96, which with the sum due as 
above on the first instant, places at the disposal of the Society the sum of 
$695.86. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer do pay two dollars and fifty cents for the 
expenses of the exposition of the seal of this Society to General Bloomfield, 
who is requested to accept the thanks of the Society for thi? renewed instance 
of his attention to its concerns. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer do pay $6 for 2 copies of Tylers fac-simile 
of the Declaration of Independence for the use of this Society, and that the 
Secretary take them in charge and put them in frame or other state of preser- 
vation and draw on the Treasurer for the expenses, who is hereby authorized 
to pay the same. 

1819. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society to be the same as 
last year. 

The Treasurer has received $624, which in addition to $425.86, the bal- 
ance of last year makes the sum of $1,049.86. There was due on the first 
July instant, the further sum of $270, and the Treasurer has expended the 
sum of $594.19, leaving a balance of $455.67, which with the sum due as 
above on the first instant places at the disposal of the Society the sum of 
$725.67. 

Resolved, That so much of the funds of this Society as consist of what is 
called the Masonic Loan, be disposed of by the Treasurer, and the proceeds 
thereof immediately and with as little delay as possible, vested in the funded 
six per cent, stock of the United States. 

1820. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society to consist of the 
sum of $10,000 in six per cent, stock of the United States. 

One certificate for $400 drawing an interest of six per cent., dated i6th 
of December, 1812, being the amount of the surplus funds in his hands. That 
$7,600 of the above six per cent, has been obtained for the like sum of the 
Masonic Loan, exchanged agreeably to a resolution of the Society of the 4th 
July last, at a premium of $237. 

The Committee further report that since the last settlement the Treas- 
urer has received $651, which in addition to $455.67, balance of last year, 
makes the sum of $1,106.67, ^""^ f^^^^ there was due on the first of July instant, 
the further sum of $156. The Treasurer has expended the sum of $892.75, 
leaving a balance of $213.92, which with the sum due as above on the first 
instant, places at the disposal of the Society the sum of $369.92. 

Resolved, That inasmuch as the sum of $237, having been expended as a 
premium in the exchange of the permanent stock of the Society the Treasurer 

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be authorized and directed to dispose of the surplus certificate of $400 in order 
to aid the appropriation for charitable purposes and the incidental expenses of 
the Society for the current year. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer be directed to lodge the certificate of stock 
amounting to $10,000, composing the permanent funds of this Society with 
the cashier of the Trenton Banking Company for safe keeping. 

182 1. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society to consist of the 
sum of $10,000 in six per cent, stock of the United States. 

The Treasurer has received $1,036, including the proceeds of a sale of 
the Certificate of $400, ordered to be sold by the Society at their last meeting, 
vi^hich in addition to $213.92, balance of last year, makes the sum of 
$1,249.92, and that there was due on the first of July instant, the further 
sum of $150 and that the Treasurer has expended the sum of $732.18, leav- 
ing a balance of $517.74, which with the sum due as above on the first instant, 
places at the disposal of the Society the sum of $667.74. 

Resolved, That in future each attending member shall be entitled to 
receive of the Treasurer the sum of one-fifth of a dollar for every mile he 
shall have traveled (by the most direct route) from his place of residence to 
the place of meeting of the Society in each year. Provided, nevertheless, and 
it is hereby expressly declared ; that the accustomed charities and such others, 
as may be dictated by a spirit of brotherly kindness towards those officers and 
their families, who unfortunately may be under the necessity of receiving them 
be first provided for; and provided, also that this disbursement for travel- 
ing expenses shall in no one year, exceed the £'um of two hundred dollars. 

1822. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society to be the same 
as last year, which agreeably to order are deposited in the Trenton Bank. 

The Treasurer has received $600, which in addition to $517.74, balance 
of last year makes the sum of $1,117.74, and there was due on the first of 
July, the further sum of $150: and that the Treasurer has expended the sum 
of $506.45, leaving a balance of $611.29, which with the sum as above on the 
first instant, places at the disposal of the Society, the sum of $761.29. 

1823. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the late Treasurer as exhibited by Gen. John Beatty, and find the permanent 
funds of this Society to consist of the sum of $10,000 in six per cent, stock of 
the United States. 

The Committee further report that by means of the death of Col. Beatty, 
the Treasurer since the last meeting they have passed upon his accounts, and 
find that there was a balance In his hands on the 4th July, 1822 of $761.29, 
inclusive of $150, a quarters interest, due on that date, and that he has expen- 
ded the sum of $666.29, leaving a balance due of $95. This balance, together 

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with three quarters interest due on the funds of the Society, amount to $545 
are now in the hands of Gen. J. Beatty, and ready to be paid over to the order 
of the Society; and that there was due on the first instant another quarters 
interest of $150, making the sum of $695, now at the disposal of the Society. 

1824. 

The Standing Committee report, that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society to consist of the 
sum of $10,000 in six per cent, stock of the United States. 

The Committee further report that since the last settlement the Treas- 
urer has received $1,118, which in addition to $95 balance of last year, makes 
the sum of $1,213; and there was due on the first of July instant, the further 
sum of $150, and the Treasurer has expended the sum of $452.27, leaving a 
balance of $760.23, which, with the sum as above, on the first instant, places 
at the disposal of the Society the sum of $910. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer be instructed in case any of the Public 
stock of this Society should be redeemable in January next, to reinvest the 
amount in other stock of the United States at a rate of interest not less than 
six per cent, at his discretion, whenever he shall deem it most for the interest 
of the Society. 

*Resolved, That the President be authorized to draw on the Treasurer for 
the expenses of this meeting in the usual manner as at our anniversary meet- 
ing. 

1825. 

It was ordered that the Treasurer pay to Wm. Shute for his attendance 
on the Society at this time, the same rate for milage as if he were a member of 
this Society. 

The Standing Committee made the following report : That they have ex- 
amined the accounts of the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Soci- 
ety to consist of the sum of $10,000 in six per cent, stock of the United States. 

The Treasurer has received $600, which with the balance then on hand 
of $760.23, amounts to the sum of $1,360.23, and that there was due on the 
first day of this present month of July, the further sum of $150. The Treas- 
urer has expended the sum of $816.87, leaving a balance in his hands of $543-- 
36, exclusive of the $150 due the first instant. 

1826. 

The Standing Committee report that the late Treasurer Gen. Beatty had 
received $628, which with the balance then on hand of $543.36, amounts to 
the sum of $1,271.36. The Treasurer expended during the last year the sum 
of $682.61, leaving a balance in the Treasury of $588.75, exclusive of all 
interest on the above certificate of United States stock. 

They have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find the permanent 
funds of the Society to consist of the sum of $10,000 in six per cent, stock of 
the United States. 



* Note. — This was for a special meeting held at Trenton September 25, 1824, to meet 
Major General Lafayette.— W. T. B. S. Imlay, Secretary. 

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1827. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society to consist of the 
sum of $10,000 in six per cent, stock of the United States. The Treasurer 
General Elmer, has received $1,100 (Davidson & Haile of Philadelphia having 
retained $100 for the premium of exchange of stock in 1825), and that the 
Treasurer General Elmer has paid out of the said sum for traveling expenses of 
members at the meeting at Trenton, 1826, the sum of $172.40; for expenses of 
Society at meeting, $143.75; sundry incidental expenses at meeting $11.54; 
donations to the widows, being six widows at $40 each, $240 ; Garret D. Wall 
on the order of the President of the Society, $50; Robert L. Armstrong, on 
the order of the President, $50, which said sums amounting to $667.69 de- 
ducted from the said sum of $1,100 received, leaves a balance in the hands of 
the Treasurer of $432.31. 

The Committee in calling the attention of the Society to the fact, hope to 
prevent its future occurrence, that at the last meeting at Trenton, application 
was made to the Treasurer by several persons not residents of the State, for 
traveling expenses, and in the hurry of departure their expenses were paid by 
him, this was contrary to the regulations of the Society, and such accounts 
will never hereafter be passed by this Committee. 

1828. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer General Elmer and find the permanent funds of the Society to 
consist of $10,000 in the public stocks of the United States. The Treasurer 
paid out of the monies by him before received for the expenses of the last year 
as follows : For traveling expenses of the members of the meeting at Eliza- 
beth Town in 1827, the sum of $106.40; for the expenses of the Society at the 
said meeting, $161.31 ; and for sundry incidental expenses at the said meeting, 
$24.27; and for the donations to the widows and others, $125; amounting in 
the whole to $416.98; that after the disbursements aforesaid, there remained 
in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of $25.32. 

The Treasurer has since received from the estate of General Beatty, 
the late Treasurer, the sum of $88.75, and from Hall and Davison the interest 
on the permanent fund of $600, and that there is now a balance in his hands 
of the sum of $704.04 at the disposal of the Society. 

1829. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer General Elmer, and find the permanent funds of the Society 
to consist of $10,000 in six per cent, stock of the United States of the year 
1814. The said sum of $10,000, together with the sum of $150, being one 
quarters interest thereof on the first day of July was payable on that day, and 
that the same now produces no interest. 

The Standing Committee do therefore recommend to the Society that 
the said sum of $10,000 be vested in the public debt of the United States by 
a Committee to be appointed for that purpose by the Society. 

The Committee further report that the Treasurer has paid out of the 

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monies by him before received, for the expenses of the last year as follows: 
For the traveling expenses of the members of the meeting, $136.40; for the 
expenses of the Society at said meeting, $158.37; and for sundry incidental 
expenses at the said meeting, $13.27; and for the donations to the viridows 
and others, $320, making in the whole the sum of 628.04. That after the 
disbursements aforesaid there remained in the hands of the Treasurer the sum 
of $76.03, That the Treasurer has since received from Hale & Davison the 
interest on the permanent fund to the first April, 1829. The sum of $600, 
and that there is now a balance in his hands of $676.03. 

The Committee report that of the sum paid at the last meeting for the 
expenses of the Society the sum of $24.87^^ was improperly charged and 
paid for the Tavern Bills of certain of the members. The Committee have 
with reluctance passed so much of this bill at this time, and they take occasion 
to announce that except by the instructions of the Society they will not allow 
such bills in time to come. 

The Standing Committee beg leave to recommend to the Society to pass 
a resolution refusing traveling expenses after this day to any other than 
original members. 

It appeared to the Committee that on the occasion of the late application 
of the surviving officers of the Revolution to Congress for relief, this Society 
loaned to the applicants the sum of $150, to be returned to them only in case 
Congress should pass some law in relief. It now appears to the Committee 
that a law in relief has been passed and that therefore the said sum of $150, 
heretofore advanced to the President of the Society in pursuance of the fore- 
going resolution ought to be returned that the same may be applied to the 
objects of benevolence and charity contemplated in the formation of this 
Society. 

Resolved, That Gen. Ebenezer Elmer, Charles Ewing, Esq., and Robert 
L. Armstrong, Esq., be authorized to invest the capital stock of this Society 
(now payable )in such of the public stock of the United States, or of any of 
the Individual States as the said Gen. Elmer, Judge Ewing and Col. Arm- 
strong, may deem most advantageous to the interest of the Society. 

Resolved, That the sum of $100 be paid by the Treasurer out of any 
monies which may heretofore be received by him to Mrs. Mary Barber in 
full for the services of George C. Barber, deceased, as secretary of this Soci- 
ety. 

1830. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the account? of 
the Treasurer Col. R. L. Armstrong, and that they find that there was in the 
hands of the late Treasurer on the 4th July, 1829, the sum of $76.03, which 
sum the present Treasurer has received, and that he has further received from 
the late Treasurer the additional sum of $600, being the interest of $10,000 
up to the first April, 1829, making in the whole the sum of $676.03. 

The Treasurer has paid out of the monies by him received for the expen- 
ses of the last year as follows : For the traveling expenses of the members at 
the last meeting, $130.20; for the expenses of the Society at said meeting, 

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$155.31 ; for donations to the widows and others, the sum of $300; making in 
all the sum of $585.52. 

That the Treasurer has received from Hale & Davidson the interest on 
the permanent fund to first of April, 1830, the sum of $340.91, being the 
interest up to that date on $10,101, invested by a Committee of this Society, 
and that he has also received $150 for the quarters interest due the first July, 
1829, and then paid together with the principal. There is now in the hands 
of the Treasurer subject to the order of the Society, the sum of $581.43. The 
permanent fund of this Society now consist of one certificate in the public 
debt of the United States for $10,000, and one certificate in the same public 
debt for $101, both dated September 3, 1829, and bearing an interest at four 
one-half per annum. 

Ordered, That the Treasurer pay the warrant of the President on the 
recommendation of the Standing Committee in favor of Maj. Kollock for $30. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer come prepared to make his report to the 
Standing Committee in reference to the funds of the Society before the 
appointed time of meeting. 

Resolved, That the resolution passed 4th July, 1828, allowing Maj. Shute 
$20 traveling expenses be repealed and that the Treasurer be authorized to pay 
him mileage from Jersey City. 

1831. 

The Standing Committee reported that they had examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find the permanent funds of the Society to be the same 
as the last year reported. That the Treasurer paid out of the monies by him 
received for the expenses of last year as follows : For the traveling expenses 
of the members to the meeting at Trenton, 1830, $116; for the expenses of the 
Society at said meeting, $92.78, and for the donations to the widows and 
others, $295. In this last mentioned sum is included $100 to Mrs. M. Barber, 
$30 to Col. Kollock ordered the year previous, but not before paid. 

After the above disbursements, there remained in the hands of the 
Treasurer, $77.47. The Treasurer has since received the interest on the 
permanent fund for one year up to the first April last inclusive, amounting to 
$454.54, making together, $532.01, now in the hands of the Treasurer. 

1832. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer and find that the permanent funds of the Society heretofore 
invested and reported to the Society consisting of one certificate in the public 
debt of the United States for $10,000, and one other certificate in the same 
debt for $101, have since the last meeting undergone such alteration as to 
require the specific order and direction of the Society. That is to say, that 
the aforesaid debt of $101, was payable on the first day of January last, and 
that no interest has been received or is receivable thereon from that date and 
in like manner, that the aforesaid debt of $10,000 was payable on the first day 
of April last, and that no interest has been received or is receivable thereon 
from that date, and that the aggregate sum and capital of $10,101 is now 

no 



subject to the order of this Society and deposited by the Government in the 
Bank of the United States. That the Treasurer paid out of monies by him 
received, for the expenses of last year as follows : For the traveling- expenses 
of the members to the meeting at Newark in 1831, the sum of $123; for the 
expenses of the Society at the said meeting, $75 ; and for the donations to the 
widows and others the sum of $250. 

That after the above disbursements there remained in the hands of the 
Treasurer the sum of $83.99. That the Treasurer has since received the 
interest on the permanent fund up to the time of the payment, amounting to 
the sum of 152.39, making together the sum of $536.38, out of which is to be 
deducted the sum of $30 paid by the Treasurer for the delegates to the General 
Society, leaving $506.30 at the disposal of this Society. 

The Standing Committee estimate the probable expenses of this meeting 
to $200. The Committee do therefore recommend that $225 be distributed 
in charities to the widows and others who are to receive the benevolence of 
this Society. 

Resolved, That Col. Armstrong, Chas. Ewing, Esq., and J. W. Reckless, 
Esq., be authorized to invest the capital stock of this Society now payable, in 
such of the public stocks of the United States or of the individual States, as 
the said Committee may deem most advantageous for the interests of the 
Society. 

1833- 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find that the permanent funds of the Society consist of 
one certificate of stock in the debt of the United States for $10,000 bearing 
date September 3, 1829. And one other certificate of the same stock and of 
the same date for $101. That the said sums are by law payable, and that no 
interest has been received or is receivable thereon since the first of April, 
1832. The capital stock was not reinvested and the certificates are now here- 
with reported to the Society. 

The Committee beg leave to report that there remains in the hands of the 
Treasurer over and above the said two certificates and after paying the appro- 
priation of last year, together with the expenses of the last meeting, the sum 
of $118.94. 

Resolved, That when this Society appoint a Treasurer, that such Treas- 
urer shall give security for the funds that shall be placed in his hands, asrree- 
ably to the by-law. 

Resolved, That a Committee of three members be appointed of whom the 
Treasurer shall be one, for the purpose of investing the funds of this Society, 
and that the evidence of such investment remain in the hands of the said 
Committee, until the Treasurer shall have given security, agreeably to the 
previous resolution of this Society. 

Resolved, That we proceed to the appointment of Treasurer. Where- 
upon Mr. Reckless was elected Treasurer and Messrs. Thomas and Penning- 
ton appointed a Committee with the Treasurer to invest the funds. 

Ill 



i834. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer and find that the permanent funds of the Society consist of a 
certificate of trust issued by the New York Life Insurance & Trust Company 
in the sum of $10,100.50, payable to Joseph W. Reckless, George C. Thomas 
and William Pennington, the Committee heretofore appointed, bearing inter- 
est at five per cent, and dated the fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and 
thirty-three. Signed by William Bard as President and E. A. Nicholl, Sec- 
retary, and which said certificate is herewith exhibited to the Society. And 
the Committee report, that there remained in the Treasury, as by the settle- 
ment of accounts on the fourth day of July last, $118.94, and that the Treas- 
urer has paid thereout $100.56, leaving a balance in his hands, to be appro- 
priated by the Society of $18.38. 

Resolved, That the investment of the funds by the Committee appointed 
for that purpose is entirely satisfactory. 

The Committee also report to the Society a claim of Wm. B. Heard for 
traveling expenses at the time he was admitted to membership as successor of 
his father. The Society decided not to admit the claim. 

Resolved, That when the Treasurer is in funds a sum not exceeding $20 
be paid to the President of the Society for services rendered in relation to the 
investment of the funds. 

Resolved, That the law requiring security from the Treasurer be rescin- 
ded. 

Resolved, That the amount invested by the Society in the New York Life 
Insurance & Trust Company be reduced to $10,000. 

Resolved, That no order for the payment of the principal sum or any part 
of such principal sum, of the money of the Society, now deposited in the New 
York Life Insurance & Trust Company shall be made by the Society except at 
their regular annual meeting. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer of this Society do draw the interest due or 
to become due, from the New York Life Insurance & Trust Company semi- 
annually, and that he immediately reinvest the interest in the same company 
for the first half year, commencing on the fifth day of July in each year, upon 
the same terms and upon the same conditions as the original loan to the said 
company. 

1835- 

The Standing Committee beg leave to report that they have examined the 
accounts of the Treasurer, Joseph W. Reckless, Esq., and find that the per- 
manent funds of the Society remain as is stated in last year's report and consist 
of a certificate of trust issued by the New York Life Insurance & Trust Com- 
pany in the sum of $10,100.50, payable to Joseph W. Reckless, George C. 
Thomas and William Pennington, Committee, heretofore appointed ; bear- 
ing interest at five per cent., dated fifth December, 1833, signed by Wm. Bard, 
President and E. A. Nichols, Secretary; $100.50 of which have been drawn 
out by the Society and placed in the Treasurer's current accounts, which said 
certificate is herewith exhibited to the Society. 

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The Committee further report that by the accounts of the Treasurer 
it appears that there is a balance against the Society of $9.68. 

1836. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer and find that the permanent funds of the Society heretofore 
invested and reported to the Society consist of one certificate of trust 
issued by the New York Life Insurance & Trust Company for the sum 
of $10,100.50 bearing interest at five per cent., and it appears to the Standing 
Committee that $100.50 of the principal sum due on the aforesaid certificate 
have been drawn out by order of the Society and by them appropriated, leav- 
ing the permanent fund of this Society the sum of $10,000. The Treasurer 
has paid out of the monies received by him for the expenses of last year as 
follows : For the traveling expenses of the members at the meeting at Eliza- 
beth Town in 1835, the sum of $134.40; for the expenses of the Society at the 
said meeting, $99.37; and for the donation to widows and others the sum of 
$304.40. The Treasurer has received as interest by the order of the Society 
from the Life & Trust Company, aforesaid, since the last meeting the sum of 
$506.25. 

That there was prior to the said receipt of interest a balance due to the 
Treasurer of $7.20; there is therefore in the Treasury of the annual income 
of the Society, $429.05. 

1837- 

The Standing Committee reported that they have examined the accounts 

of the Treasurer and find that the permanent fund of the Society consists 
of one certificate of trust on which certificate $100.50 has been paid and the 
same has been endorsed by order of the Society and by them appropriated, 
leaving the permanent fund of this Society the sum of $10,000. 

The Treasurer has paid out of the monies received by him for the 
expenses of last year as follows : For the traveling expenses of the members 
at the meeting at Trenton in 1836, the sum of $91.40; for the expenses of the 
Society at the said meeting, the sum of $91.75; for the donations to the 
widows and others the sum of $265 ; the Treasurer has received as interest, 
$506.25 ; there was previous to the receipt of the interest a balance in the hands 
of the Treasurer the sum of $50.90. The Standing Committee estimate that 
there is in the Treasury of the annual income of the Society, the sum of $240, 
subject to the order of the Society for charitable purposes. 

1838. 

The Standing Committee reported that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find the permanent fund of the Society heretofore 
invested and reported to the Society the same as last year. 

The Treasurer has paid out of the money received by him for the expen- 
ses of last year as follows : For the traveling exjjenses of the members at 
the meeting of Elizabeth Town in 1837, $97; for the expenses of the Society 
at the said meeting, $93; for the donation to the widows and others, $240; 
for the standard of the Society, the sum of $75. 

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The Treasurer has received as interest, $506.25. There was prior to 
the receipt of the interest a balance in the hands of the Treasurer of $52.15. 
Th Standing Committee estimate that there is in the Treasury of the annual 
income of the Society, subject to the order of the Society for charitable pur- 
poses, $360. 

1839- 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find the same to be correct. 

That the permanent fund of the Society amounts to $10,000. That the 
amount at the disposal of the Society at this time for expenses and donations 
is $528.25. There will probably be required $91.60 for the traveling expen- 
ses of the members; $100 for the expenses at the hotel, leaving $336.65 to 
be appropriated to donations. 

1840. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and find that the permanent fund of the Society is $10,000. 

The Treasurer has paid out of the monies received by him for the expen- 
ses of last year as follows : For the traveling expenses of the members of 
the meeting at Elizabeth Town, $112; for the expenses of the Society at the 
same meeting $107.75 ! for the donations to the widows and others the sum of 

$313- 

The Treasurer had received as interest, $506.25, and that he had pre- 
viously in his hands, $22; so that after the payments aforementioned the 
Treasurer was in advance, $4.45. 

The following estimates are submitted. There will probably be required 
for the traveling expenses of the members this day attending the sum of $95 ; 
for the expenses of the Society this day, $100; for an appropriation made for 
crape for the members, $10. The sum probably at the disposal of the Society, 
and to be appropriated in donations from the interest received to this day will 
be $295. 

1841. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer. They have also examined the certificate of deposit of the 
New York Life & Trust Company, and they find that the permanent fund of 
the Society amounting to $10,000 is safe and undiminished. 

That the capital of ten thousand dollars bears an interest of five per cent, 
per annum payable every six months. 

The Committee report that the amount of income for the year ending the 
4th July, 1840, paid into the hands of the Treasurer was as follows: 

Interest on $10,000 at 5 per cent $500.00 

Interest on $250 for 6 months 6.25 

Total $506.25 

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And the following disbursements have been made by the Treasurer 
under the order of the Society : 

Traveling expenses paid to members $93.80 

Donations 294.00 

To W. Whitlock 6.00 

" R. H. Gumming (for crape and expenses) .... 10.00 

" Balance due the Treasurer at last settlement ... 4-45 

" W. Snowden (for dinner) 100.00 

Total $508.25 

Which left due the Treasurer on the 4th of July, 

1840 2 . 00 

Total $506.25 

Resolved, That the Treasurer pay to Mr. Walker six dollars for his 
expenses in attending this meeting of the Society. 

Resolved, That hereafter the Treasurer for the time being of this Society 
be authorized to draw the interest, which may accrue from time to time on 
their funds deposited and now in the hands of the New York Life Insurance 
& Trust Company, and that his receipt for the same shall be a discharge to 
the said company therefor. 

1842. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer, and also the duplicate of deposit of the New York Life & Trust 
Company and find that the funds of the Society, amounting to $10,000 are 
separate and untouched bearing an interest of five per cent, the certificate of 
deposit having been submitted to and examined by them. 

They also report that the accounts of the Treasurer are correct, and that 
a balance of $85.71 remains in his hands. This balance i? unusually large 
and arises from the circumstances that the expenses of the Society at its last 
meeting were less than usual, and from the further circumstance that a prem- 
ium of $14.91 was obtained by the Treasurer for the Society's last annual 
draft, and that the donation of $20 voted to Mrs. Hendry remains unpaid. 
The Treasurer in whose hands it was left being unacquainted with the resi- 
dence of Mrs. Hendry and not having been able to find her son in Philadel- 
phia, to whom he has hitherto paid it. 

The Committee further report that the amount of income for the year 
ending the 4th of July, 1841, paid into the hands of the Treasurer was as 
follows : 

Interest on $10,000 at 5 per cent $500.00 

Interest on $250 for 6 months 6.25 

Total $506 . 25 

Premium on Society's draft as above 14 -91 

Total $521.16 

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And the following disbursements have been made by the Treasurer under 
the order of the Society : 

Traveling expenses paid to members $142.20 

Donations 220 . 00 

To R. H. Gumming for crape 2.00 

Donation to Aaron T. Walker 6.00 

James Elwell for refreshments 30.00 

Grieve & Jacob (for wines) 26.37 

Advertising 4.00 

Belt for Standard Bearer 2.87 

Balance due Treasurer last settlement 2 . 00 

" in Treasurer's hands at this date 85.71 

Total $521.16 



The Committee recommend that the sum of $17 be paid to Jos. W. 
Scott, Esq., Vice-President, for attending the General Society of Gincinnati 
at Philadelphia. The sum of $2.00 to R. H. Gumming for crape to the 
members. 

1843. 

The Standing Gommittee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer and also the certificate of the Government of the United States, 
dated 2d February, 1843, No. 109 for $10,000 and find the same safe and 
untouched, bearing an interest of six per cent., the certificate having been sub- 
mitted to and examined by them. They also report that the accounts of the 
Treasurer are correct, and that a balance of $16.84 remained at this date to 
the Treasurer. 

The Gommittee further report that the amount of income for the year 
ending the 4th July, 1842, paid into the hands of the Treasurer was as 
follows : 

One year's interest on Bond of $10,000 $500.00 

Six month's interest on $250 6.25 

Balance in the Treasurer's hands 85 . 71 

" due the Treasurer 16.84 

Total $608.80 

The following disbursements have been made by the Treasurer under 
the orders of the Society : 

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107 


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40 


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17 


00 


2 


00 


25 


00 



Cash paid for donations $300 . 00 

traveling expenses 

for dinners 

for wine 

Delegate to the General Society 

for crape for the use of the members. . . 
for a band of music 

Total I.. . $608.80 



The Committee on the subject of changing the investment of the funds 
of the Society reported that they have attended to the duty assigned them, by 
withdrawing the funds from the New York Life & Trust Co. and investing 
the same in a Bond of the United States at six per cent. The principal sum 
received was $10,000, which was invested in a Bond of the United States, 
payable unto Garret D. Wall, Wm. Pennington and Robert D. Spencer for 
the Cincinnati Society of New Jersey upon their joint order, until the 4th day 
of July next, and from and after that time to such order or persons as the 
said Society of the Cincinnati shall designate by resolution duly certified by 
the President and Secretary for the said sum of $10,000. The interest was 
received in cash and paid over to the Treasurer. The report was in all 
things affirmed, the script for the investment being produced was by order of 
the Society placed in the hands of Robert D. Spencer, the Treasurer, where- 
upon the Committee were discharged with the thanks of the Society for their 
services. 

Resolved, That Robert D. Spencer, Esq., Treasurer of the Society be 
designated a? the person to receive in behalf of said Society, the interest due 
and owing upon the bond or certificate of the United States for $10,000, 
dated February 2, 1843. 



1844. 

The Standing Committee report, that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer Robt. D. Spencer, Esq., and also the certificate of the Govern- 
ment of the United States, for $10,000, and find the same safe and untouched, 
bearing an interest of six per cent. They also report that the accounts of 
the Treasurer are correct and that a balance of $3.69 remains now due from 
the Treasurer. 

The Committee further report that the amount of income for the year 
ending the 4th July, 1843, P^^^ i"to the hands of the Treasurer was as fol- 
lows : 

One year's interest on Bond of $10,000 $545 . 39 

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The following disbursements have been made by the Treasurer under 
the orders of the Society^ 

Cash paid for donations $299.00 



traveHng expenses 
dinners and wine 



Standard Staff 

crape 

Treasurer for 
Balance due Treasurer on previous account 
" in the hands of Treasurer 



investing funds. 



115.80 
100.00 

•75 
2.00 

7-31 
16.84 

3-69 



Total $545-39 

There also remains due to Col. Scott the sum of $15 for traveHng expen- 
ses in attending the meeting of the General Convention of the Society, toge- 
ther with the sum of $19, being the balance due for dinners, the sum of only 
$100 being appropriated. 

1845. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer, and also the certificate of the Government of the United States, 
dated the 2d day of February, 1843, for $10,000, and find the same safe and 
untouched bearing an interest of six per cent. 

They also report that the accounts of the Treasurer are correct and that 
a balance of $3.73 remains at this date due to the Treasurer. 

The Committee further report that the amount of income for the year 
ending the 4th July, 1845, paid into the hands of the Treasurer was as follows: 

One year's interest on Bond of $10,000 $600.00 

Less the amount due the Treasurer the last settle- 
ment 3 . 73 



Total $596 . 27 

Balance in the hands of the Treasurer $596.27 

The following disbursements have been made by the Treasurer under 
the orders of the Society : 

Cash paid for donations $322 . 00 

140.60 

100.00 

15.00 

3-32 

7-50 
19.00 



traveling expense? 

dinner 

Delegates to the General Society. 

crape 

expenses at church 

balance dinner bill, 1843 



Total $607.42 

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Resolved, That the allowance to members for traveling- expenses be 
reduced to ten cents per mile, which was referred to Capt. De Hart, Mr. 
Bloomfield and Mr. Spencer. 

1846. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer and also the certificate of the Government of the United 
States, dated the 2d February, 1843, for $10,000, and find the same safe and 
untouched bearing an interest of six per cent. 

They also report that the accounts of the Treasurer are correct and that 
a balance of $2i-73 remained due the Treasurer at the last settlement, and there 
is now due the Treasurer, $10.15 on disbursements for the year 1845. The 
Committee further report that the amount of income for the year ending the 
4th of July, 1845, P^id into the hands of the Treasurer was as follows : 

One year's interest on the Bond of $10,000 $600.00 

Less balance due in former settlement 3-73 

Total $596.27 

The following disbursements have been made by the Treasurer under 
the orders of the Society : 

Cash paid for donations $260.00 

" " " traveling expenses of members. ... 164.20 

" " to Wm. Snowden for dinner 120.00 

" " for expenses G. C. Thomas attending 

the General Society 20 . 00 

Cash paid Jos. W. Scott 15 -oo 

" " W. C. De Hart (balance dinner bill, 

1844) •••••• 380 

" J. W. Wall (for music) 15.00 

" " J. Cook (carriage for orator) 5 -SO 

Total $606.42 

Balance due the Treasurer $10. 15 

RcEolved, That hereafter the expenses of the Society's anniversary dinner 
is not to exceed $75, and that all guests are to be invited by the vote of the 
Society. 

The Committee in relation to mileage reported in favor of continuing the 
present rate, but in no case to exceed the sum of $15. 

1847- 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer of the Society, and also the certificate of the Government of the 
United States, dated the 3d February, 1843 for $10,000, bearing an interest 
of six per cent., which they find to be correct. 

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They also report that there is a balance due the Treasurer last year of 
$10.15. 

The Committee further report that there is in the 
hands of the Treasurer one year's' interest on the 

certificate of $10,000 $600.00 

Deduct the balance due the Treasurer 10. 15 



$589.85 

The following disbursements have been made by the Treasurer under 
the orders of the Society : 

Cash paid for donations $309.00 

" " " traveling expenses for members... 11 1.40 

" " " dinners 124.00 



The Committee also report that there is in the hands of the Treasurer 
the sum of $45.45. 

1848. 

The Standing Committee? report that they have inspected the certificate 
for the loan of the United States, in which the funds of the Society are 
invested and that they find the same safe in the hands of the Treasurer. They 
have also examined the Treasurer's accounts which they find to be correct; and 
by which it appears that there is now in the hands of the Treasurer subject to 
the order of this Society the sum of $645.23. 

They report that the accounts of the Treasurer are as follows : He is 
charged with one year's interest on the loan amounting to the sum of $600, 
together with the sum of $45.45. the balance remaining in the hands of Treas- 
urer upon the accounts of the fifth of July, 1846. 

The following disbursements were made by the Treasurer : 

Amounts paid by the Treasurer : 

For donations $314.00 

" dinners 107.50 

" traveling expenses 161 .60 

" donations to citizens I5-00 

" crape 2.12 

Total $600 . 22 

The balance now in the hands of the Treasurer therefore is $45.23, which 
with the interest upon the United States Loan makes the sum of $645.23. 

The Committee recommend that there be paid to R. H. Cumming the 
sum of $2.10 for crape paid by him in 1846, and which has never been paid 
to him, and also the sum of $3.15 for crape purchased at this meeting and at 
the funeral of Capt. De Hart, and to George C. Thomas, the sum of $5 for 

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ribbons purchased by him for badges. And it is further advised that the sum 
of $2 be paid for the traveling expenses of the Orator and his wife. 

1849. 

The Standing Committee report that they have inspected the certificate of 
the loan of the United States, in which the funds of the Society are invested 
and that they find the same safe in the hands of the Treasurer, amounting to 
$10,000. 

They have also examined the Treasurer's accounts which they find to be 
correct; and by which it appears that there is now in the hands of the Treas- 
urer, subject to the order of this Society the sum of $645.23. 

The accounts of the Treasurer stand as follows : He is charged with 
one year's interest on the United States Loan amounting to $600, together 
with the sum of $45.23, the balance remaining in his hands upon the accounts 
of the fourth of July, 1848. 

The following disbursements were made by the Treasurer: 

Amounts paid by the Treasurer : 

For donations $322 . 00 

" dinners 95-73 

" traveling expenses 152 .80 

" crapes i9- 19 

Messrs. Walker and Hurd (for donations) 25.00 

Total $614 . 92 

Balance in hands of Treasurer 30- 51 

Total $645 . 23 

The Committee recommend that the sum of $3 be paid to Col. J. W. 
Scott, for the traveling expenses of the Rev. Dr. Davison. 

The Committee further recommend that the sum of $47 be paid to Col. 
Scott and G. C. Thomas for the their expenses in attending the meeting of 
the General Society in Philadelphia in November last. 

1850. 

The Standing Committee report that they have inspected the certificate 
of the loan of the United States amounting to $10,000, and they find the same 
safe in the hands of the Treasurer. 

They have also examined the Treasurer's account, which they find to be 
correct. They find that there is now in the hands of the Treasurer, subject to 
the order of this Society the sum of $30.31. They further report that the 
accounts of the Treasurer are as follows : He is charged with one year's 
interest on the loan amounting to $600 together with $30.31, the balance 
remaining in the hands of the Treasurer upon the accounts of the fourth of 
July, 1849, making altogether the sum of $630.31. 

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The following disbursements were made by the Treasurer: 

Amounts paid by the Treasurer : 

For donations $255 . 00 

dinners 200.00 

traveling expenses 105 .80 

crape i . 42 

music 25 . 00 

expenses of Delegates to General Society . . 47 . 00 

traveling expenses of Dr. Davison 3 • 00 



Total $637.22 

Leaving a balance against the Society in favor of the Treasurer of $6.71. 

1851. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer and find them correctly stated, and there is a balance due 
to him of $11.66. 

1852. 

The Standing Committee report that they have inspected the certificate 
of the loan of the United States for $10,000. and find the same safe in the 
hands of the Treasurer. They have also examined the Treasurer's accounts, 
which they find to be correct, by which it appears that there is now in the 
hands of the Treasurer the sum of $576.08. 

They report that the accounts are as follows : He is charged with one 
year's interest on the loan amounting to $600. That the Treasurer has paid 
$20, a donation granted to Mrs. Armstrong the last year out of the semi- 
annual interest on the loan paid in January last, which together with $3.92, 
the balance due the Treasurer last year, leaves the sum of $576.08. 

The following disbursements were made by the Treasurer : 






Amount paid for donations $295 . 00 

dinners 143.00 

traveling expenses 121 .60 

crape 2 . 66 

Amount paid for expenses of Delegates to General 

Society 30 . 00 

Amount paid to Treasurer (previous settlement) . . 11 .66 

Total $603 . 92 

1853- 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of R. D. Spencer, Esq., Treasurer of the Society, and find the same to be 

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correct. They also report that there is a balance in the hands of the Treas- 
ruer of $87.82. 

The accounts of the Treasurer are as follows : He is charged with one 
year's interest on the loan of the United States of $10,000, amounting to $600, 
which with the sum of $87.82, now in his hands makes the sum of $687.82 at 
the disposal of the Society. 

The following disbursements have been made by the Treasurer under the 
orders of the Society : 

By balance due the Treasurer at the last settlement. $3 . 92 

By cash paid for traveling expenses 86.20 

For donations 287 . 00 

For dinners 1 35 . 06 

Balance in the hands of the Treasurer 87.82 



Total $600 . 00 

They recommend the payment of the following expenses incurred at the 
last celebration at New Brunswick, $5 to the sexton and $3 for work done at 
the Church, and that the same be paid to Col. Scott. 

They recommend that the sum of $1 be paid for the hall, in which the 
services were conducted this day. 

1854. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Treasurer of the Society and find the same to be correct, by which it 
appears that there was a balance in the hands of the Treasurer on the 4th of 
July, 1853 of $169.08. 

The Treasurer is charged with one year's interest on the loan of the 
United States of $10,000, amounting to $600, which with the sum of $169.08 
as above S'tated makes the sum of $769.08 at the disposal of the Society. 

They report that they have inspected the certificate of the loan of the 
United States, in which the funds of the Society are invested, and find the 
same safe in the hands of the Treasurer, amounting to $10,000. 

The following disbursements have been made by the Treasurer: 

Donations $285 . 00 

Traveling expenses 73 • 60 

Dinners 149.89 

Col. J. W. Scott (for sexton) 8.00 

General J. Cadwalader (for the use of the hall at 

Trenton) ,. . i.oo 

Francis Barber, Secretary (for crape) i .25 

Total $518.74 

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They also report that the expenses of L. Q. C. Elmer, Esq., to the Gen- 
eral Society be paid him. 

Resolved, That L. Q. C. Elmer's name be inserted in the certificate of 
the Loan of the United States to this Society for $10,000, instead of General 
Wall, deceased, and that he be Chairman of the Committee, consisting of him- 
self now appointed. Gov. Pennington and the Treasurer to act on that subject. 

1855- 

The Standing Committee report, that they have examined the accounts 
of Robert D. Spencer, Esq., late Treasurer of this' Society and find the same 
correct, by which it appears that there was a balance in the Treasurer's hands 
on the 4th of July, 1854 of $13.25. 

They report that the interest on $10,000 amounting to $600 has been 
received by the late Treasurer, which with $13.25 in his hands as above stated 
makes the sum $613.25. 

The following disbur£«ments have been made by the late Treasurer : 

Cash paid members for traveling expenses $112.60 

Cash paid for donations 322.00 

J. W. Scott for expenses to General Society 39 -40 

George C. Thomas for expenses to General Society. 39 . 40 

For tassel and cord for flag 5 -oo 

For crape 1.81 

For dinner bill 235 62 

Total $755-83 

Balance in hands of Treasurer 13-25 

They recommend that the Hon. Judge Elmer be paid the assessment 
on the New Jersey State Society made at the meeting held in Charleston in 
February last, amounting to $10. 

1856. 

Resolved, That Gov. Pennington, the surviving Trustee in conjunction 
with the Treasurer and L. Q. C. Elmer, if they deem it advisable sell the 
United States stock belonging to this Society and invest the money in Penn- 
sylvania State Stock, or other stock in their discretion safe, the same to be 
held in the names of Wm. Pennington, L. Q. C. Elmer, and the Treasurer, 
John McDowell as Trustees for the Society. 

The Standing Committee report that they have inspected the certificate 
for the loan of the United States for $10,000, and find the same safe in the 
hands of the Treasurer. They have also examined the Treasurer's accounts, 
which they find to be correct, by which it appears that there was in the hands 
of the Treasurer the sum of $58.10, to which add $600, the interest on the 
loan for the past year will make the sum of $658.10, now in the hands of 
the Treasurer. 

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The disbursements made by the Treasurer during the past year are as 
follows : 

Cash paid for traveling expenses $102.40 

Cash paid for donations 270.00 

Cash paid to the General Society 10.00 

Dinner bill at Trenton 159. 50 

Total $541 -90 

Mr. Elmer moved that the Treasurer be authorized to procure blank 
certificates of membership to be sealed with the seal of the Society for each 
member at a cost not exceeding $10. Carried unanimously. 

1857- 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the certificate 
of the United States for $10,000, and find the same safe in the hands of the 
Treasurer. They have also examined the Treasurer's account, which they 
find to be correct showing a balance in his hands this day of $41.49 to which 
add the sum of $600, the interest on the loan for the past year, making the 
sum of $641.49. 

The disbursements made by the Treasurer during the past year were as 
follows : 

By cash paid traveling expenses $122.80 

" donations 300.00 

" expenses for General Society 50.00 

" dinner at Freehold 123 .07 

" crape 2 . 74 

" Matthias Ogden (services rendered) 18.00 

By cash in the hands of the Treasurer 41-49 



Total $658.10 

They would recommend the appropriation of $85 for traveling expenses. 

The Committee would also recommend that the sum of $11.40 be allowed 
to R. V. Dey in full for services as standard bearer to date. 

The Committee appointed at the last meeting, viz. : Governor Penning- 
ton, L. Q. C. Elmer and John McDowell, to whom was entrusted, if they 
deemed advisable, the sale of the United States Stock belonging to this Society, 
with power to invest the same in Pennsylvania State or other stock which they 
in their judginent deemed safe, not being prepared to report, it was resolved, 
that Messrs. Hyer and Buck be added to that Committee, and that the portion 
of the former resolution, which reads in Pennsylvania State, or other stock 
which they in their judgment deem safe, be stricken out. and the words Penn- 
sylvania State, Philadelphia City, New York State or New York City stock 
be substituted in place thereof, which motion was adopted. 

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The Committee do further recommend that the sum of $26.17 be paid to 
Col. Jos. W. Scott to defray the expenses consequent upon attendance at the 
meeting of the General Society. 

1858. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the certificate 
of the Government of the United States for $10,000, and find the same safe 
in the hands of the Treasurer. They have also examined the Treas-urer's 
account which they find to be correct; by which it appears that there is now in 
his hands $48.30, making with interest on loan for the past year $600; 
$648.30 now in the hands of the Treasurer. 

The disbursements for the past year were as follows : 

Cash paid traveling expenses $85 .00 

" " dinner at Trenton 148. 75 

" " donations 320 . 00 

:, " " Col. J. W. Scott for General Society.. 26.17 

" " Standard Bearer 11 .40 

" " crape and ribbon i .87 

Cash in hands of Treasurer 48.30 

Total $641 .49 

The Committee recommend that the sum of $10 be appropriated for 
cleaning Church at Trenton, July 4, 1857, and at Princeton for the present 
year. 

That $5 be paid to J. W. S. Dey, also Anthony Dey for services rendered 
as standard bearers. 

Also recommend the appropriation of $5.19 for crape ribbon, etc. 

The Committee to whom was entrusted the sale of the United States stock 
belonging to this Society, reported that in their judgment not deeming the 
sale of the same advisable or to the best interest of the Society they have not 
acted in the matter. 

On motion of Gov. Pennington (a member of said Committee) it was 
resolved that the Committee be discharged from further consideration of the 
subject. 

1859- 

The Standing Committee report, that they have exammed the certificate 

for the loan of the United States for $10,000 and find the same safe in the 

hands of the Treasurer. 

They have also examined the Treasurer's account, which they find to be 

correct, by which it appears that there is now in his hands the sum of $26.96, 

making together with interest on loan for the past year $600, the sum of 

$626.96 now in his hands. 

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The disbursements made by the Treasurer during the past year were as 

follows : 

Cash paid traveling expenses $88.40 

Seal press, etc 3-00 

Dinner at Princeton 60.00 

Donations 320.00 

Trustees 1857 and 1858 10.00 

Col. Jos. Warren Scott (postage) ,. . . . i . 50 

Standard Bearers 10 . 00 

Crape and ribbon 3-19 

Executive Committee 2.00 

William V. Norcross (hquors) 66.00 

Geo. Thomson 37-25 

Certificates Membership 20.00 

In hands of Treasurer 26 . 96 

Total $648.30 

i860. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the certificate 
for the loan of the L'^nited States for $10,000, and find the same safe in the 
hands of the Treasurer. 

They have also examined the Treasurer's accounts which they find to be 
correct and by which it appears that there is now in his hands $7.51 to which 
add $600 interest on loan for the past year will make the sum of $607.51 now 
in his hands. 

The disbursements made during the past year were as follows : 

Cash paid traveling expenses $104.00 

Dinner at Trenton 207 . 50 

Donations 300 . 00 

Crape .75 

Music at Freehold 6 . 00 

Postage by the President i . 20 

Total $619 . 45 

Resolved, That no member's mileage shall exceed ten dollars. 

1861. 

The Standing Committee report that they have inspected the certificate 
of the United States loan for $10,000, and find the same safe in the hands of 
the Treasurer. They have also examined the Treasurer's account which they 
find to be correct by which it appears that there is due the Treasurer, $10.69 
advanced by him which deducted from $600, the interest on the loan for the 
past year, leaves the sum in his hands of $589.31. 

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The disbursements made by the Treasurer during the past year were as 
follows : 

Cash paid expenses of the General Society Meeting 

at Philadelphia $15.00 

Traveling expenses of members 159.20 

Dinner at Trenton 195 . 00 

Donations 2 14 . 00 

Col. J. W. Scott 25 . 00 

Postage 3 • 80 

Crape 2.20 

Printing Odes 2 . 00 

Services at Church 2 . 00 

Total $618 . 20 

Resolved, That the rule heretofore established by which mileage was 
allowed be abolished and in lieu thereof, that all the attending regular mem- 
bers shall be entitled to receive ten dollars. 

The Standard bearer shall be entitled to receive the sum of $5 for his 
attendance and services. Recommendations were adopted. 

1862. 

The Standing Committee have examined the Treasurer's account and find 
it correct by which it appears that there is due to him $7.44 for advances, 
which deducted from $600, one year's interest on said loan leaves remaining 
the sum of $592.56 in his hands. The disbursements made by the Treasurer 
during the past year were as follows : 

July 4, i860, by balance due Treasurer $10.69 

July, 1 861, by cas'h paid dinner at Trenton 228. 13 

Traveling expenses (16 members, $10) 160.00 

Donations to 19 persons 190.00 

Expenses at Church 1 1 . 00 

Bill for crape i . 65 

Standard Bearer 5 • 00 

Postage .97 

Total $607.44 

The Committee report that the loan of the United in which funds of the 
Society are invested becomes due and payable in December next, and also that 
the Trustees in whose names the certificate of said loan belonging to the Soci- 
ety was made are all deceased, they therefore recommend the adoption of the 
following : 

Whereas, The loan of the United States in which the funds of the 
Society of the Cincinnati of New Jersey are invested becomes due and payable 
in December next and whereas the Trustees named in the certificate of said 
loan for $10,000 held by the said Society are all deceased and whereas it may 
be to the best interests of said Society to transfer or sell the said loan and make 

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a reinvestment before the time of the payment of said loan as above stated 
therefore, be it resolved, that John McDowell, Jr., Treasurer of this Society 
is hereby appointed attorney for the same and as such authorized to transfer 
sell or receive the amount when due of the said certificate of loan of the United 
States for $10,000 made in the names of Garret D. Wall, William Pennington 
and Robert D. Spencer, Trustees of said Society in the same manner as the 
Trustees themselves could do if living, and be it further resolved that Alexander 
C. Hyer, William B. Buck, Clifford Stanley Sims and the Treasurer be a Com- 
mittee to superintend the reinvestment of said proceeds of the transfer sale or 
payment as above stated, and that they reinvest the same as they may think 
best for the interest of said Society in the names of Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer, John 
McDowell, Jr., and Hon. E. B. D. Ogden as Trustees for the Society of the 
Cincinnati of New Jersey. 

On motion resolved, that so much of the recommendation of the Standing 
Committee, which empowers the Committee therein named to reinvest the 
proceeds of the transfer sale or payment of the loan of the United States in 
which the funds of the Society of the Cincinnati of New Jersey are invested 
be stricken out and in lieu therof that the same shall be reinvested in United 
States stock or New Jersey State bonds. 

1863. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the certificate 
for the six per cent, loan of the United States for $13,500 and find the same 
safe in the hands of the Treasurer. 

They have also examined the Treasurer's account and find it correct, by 
which it appears that there is due to him $7.44 for advances made which 
deducted from $600, one year's interest on loan leaves remaining the sum of 
$592.56 in his hands. 

The disbursements made by the Treasurer during the past year were as 
follows : 

July 4, 1 86 1, by balance due Treasurer $7-44 

July 4, 1862, paid for dinners at Trenton 80.75 

Traveling expenses of 16 members, $10 each. . . . 160.00 

Donations 1 70 . 00 

Francis Barber 10.00 

C. Stanley Sims (expense) 7.71 

Col. J. W. Scott (postage) .66 

Crape, ribbon and paper 2 . 44 

Standard Bearer 5 • 00 

In hands of Treasurer 156.00 

Total $600 . 00 

The Committee appointed to reinvest the funds belonging to the Society 
reported that they had collected the bond of the United States for $10,000 
in which the funds of the Society were invested, which became due in Decem- 
ber, 1862, and which was payable in gold. That they disposed of the gold at 

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premium of 34 52-100 per cent., making together with the sum of $48 in the 
Treasurers hands $13,500 Which sum they reinvested in Government six per 
cent, securities commonly known as the 5-20's. 

That tlie same was invested in the name of the Hon. L. O. C. Elmer, 
Hon. E. B. D. Ogden and John McDowell. 

1864. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the certificate 
for the six per cent, loan of the United States for $13,500 and report the 
same in the hands of the Treasurer. 

They have also examined the Treasurer's account and find it correct, by 
which it appears that there is in his hands the sum of $156 and interest on the 
loan received $634.^8, making the amount in the hands of the Treasurer, 
$790.58. 

The disbursements made during the past year as follows : 

May 14, 1863, assessment and expenses to General 

Society $50 . 00 

One new cash book i . 75 

July 4th, traveling expenses 130.00 

Seventeen donations 340.00 

John Williams (dinner at New Brunswick) 70-I5 

W. C. Cochran (wine bill) 78-75 

J. W. S. Dey (Standard Bearer) 5 -oo 

Balance in hands of Treasurer 114.93 

Total $790. 58 

1865. 

The Standing Committee report, that they have examined the certificate 
of loan of the United States for $13,500 and find the same safe in the hands 
of the Treasurer. 

They have also examined the Treasurer's account and find it correct 
by which it appears that there is in the hands of the Treasurer, the sum of 
$114.93, ^ri'^1 interest on loan and premium on gold $1,293.97, making total 
amount in Treasurer's hands, $1,408.90. 

The disbursements made by the Treasurer during the past year were as 
follows : 

Cash paid traveling expenses of 19 members $190.00 

Seventeen donations ($25 each) 425 .00 

F. Barber (for 1863) i .00 

J. W. Scott (postage) i . 21 

Peter Katzenbach bill (for 37 dinners) 245.85 

Balance in Treasurer's hands 545.84 



Total $1,408.90 

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1 866. 

The Standing Committee report that they have carefully examined the 
Treasurer's account which they find correct, showing a balance in his hands 
of $545.84, together with interest on loan $1,478.25, gives the sum of 
$2,024.09. 

The disbursements made by the Treasurer during the past year were as 
follows : 



Cash paid traveling expenses for 15 members, $10 

each $150.00 

Fifteen donations of $25 each 375 . 00 

Paid A. C. Heyer (as a donation on account of his 

mother's death) 50.00 

Paid J. W. S. Dey (Standard Bearer) 5- 00 

For crape and sundries 2. 11 

Wandell & Cochran (liquor bill) I3S-50 

John Williams (for dinner 35) 156.80 

Balance in hands of Treasurer 1,149.68 

Total $2,024 • 09 



The Standing Committee recommend that whenever the Treasurer can 
add to the capital by appropriating any surplus funds that may be in his hands 
he be authorized to make such disposition of said surplus in the name of the 
Trustees appointed by the Society. 

They would also recommend that an appropriation of $50 be made to C. 
Stanley Sims for expenses incurred in preparing the new book for publication. 



1867. 

The Standing Committees report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer John McDowell, Jr., Esq., and also the certificate of loan of 
the United States for $13,500 and find the same safe in the hands of the 
Treasurer. The amount in the hands of the Treasurer is $2,247.23. 

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The disbursements made by the Treasurer during the past year : 

To cash paid expenses of General Society $320.02 

Attendance fees (19 members) 190.00 

Donations 350.00 

Standard Bearer 5 -oo 

C. Stanley Sims (expenses) 50.00 

Peter Katzbenbach (dinners) 276.25 

William Quinn (printing rules) 10.00 



Total $1,201 .27 

Leaving a balance in hands of the Treasurer 1,045.96 

Total $2,247 • 23 

1868. 

The Standing Committee report, that they have examined the accounts 
of the Treasurer John McDowell, Jr., Esq., and also the certificate of loan of 
the United States for $13,500, and find the same safe in the hands of the 
Treasurer and the amount in the hands of the Treasurer is $2,180.97. 

The disbursements made by the Treasurer during the past year : 

Cash paid Joel Munsell for printing 100 copies 

Society's book $150.00 

Cash paid John E. Potter for binding and lettering 

50 copies of the same 30- 15 

Cash paid attendance fees 190.00 

Fifteen donations 375 . 00 

Standard Bearer 5 • 00 

Peter Katzenbach (for dinners at Trenton) 183.75 

W. G. Cochrane (bill for liquors and cigars) 127.25 

William B. Dayton (for printing of rules, etc.). . 11.00 

Total $1,072.15 

Leaving in hands of the Treasurer 1,108.82 

Total $2,180.97 

1869. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the late Treasurer John McDowell. Jr., Esq., and also the certificates of loan of 
the United States for $13,500, and find the same safe in the hands of Francis 
B. McDowell, M.D., Executor of the late Treasurer, and the amount in the 
hands of the Treasurer, $2,394.47. 

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That the disbursements made by the Treasurer during the past year were 
as follows : 

Cash paid attendance fees ( i6 members) $160.00 

Donations 400 . OO 

Joseph Bodine (dinners) 184. 70 

William G. Cochrane & Co. (wines) 63.75 

Cigars for dinner 32 . 00 

Secretary and Treasurer (postage and expenses) . . 10.45 

Total $850.90 

Leaving in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of $1,395.97, which with 
the amounts received since the last meeting $1,093.50, makes the balance as 
above now in the hands of the Treasurer of $2,394.47. 

On motion of Col. A. M. Cumming it was resolved that the Treasurer 
be and he is hereby instructed to register the present permanent fund of the 
Society, viz. : $13,500 of United States, 5-20's. Bonds in the names of L. Q. 
C. Elmer, William B. Buck and William B. Dayton as Trustees for the Cin- 
cinnati Society of the State of New Jersey, and further. 

Resolved, That the Treasurer be and he is hereby instructed to add to the 
present fund by investment in the same denomination of Government Bonds, 
of so much of the present surplus funds in his hands as may be advised and 
approved by said Trustees. 

1870. 

The Standing Committee find safe in the hands of the Treasurer the cer- 
tificates of loan of the United States for $13,500. 

That they have examined the accounts of Francis B. McDowell, Execu- 
tor of the late Treasurer John McDowell, Jr., Esq., and find a balance due 
and unpaid to the Society of $1,475.91, after allowing the several disburse- 
ments made during the year as follows : 

Cash paid for safe for Society $95 . 00 

Attendance fees ( 18 members) 180.00 

.Attendance fees (3 members as delegates to Balti- 
more) 35 • 00 

Seventeen donations 425 . 00 

Joseph Bodine (for dinners) 202.90 

For liquors and cigars 73 -OO 

For crape 2 . 66 

Total $1,013.56 

The Secretary called the attention of the Society to the insufficiency of 
the resolutions passed at the last annual meeting for the re-registration of the 
Society's United States Bonds and presented the following in lieu thereof. 

Resolved, that L. Q. C. Elmer, surviving Trustee be and he is hereby 

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authorized to assign and transfer the $13,500 registered stock of the United 
States, standing at present in the name of E. B. D. Ogden, L. Q. C. Elmer 
and John McDowell, Jr., Trustees to L. Q. C. Elmer, William B. Buck and 
William B. Dayton, the said William B. Buck and William B. Dayton having 
been duly elected Trustees to fill the vacancies occasioned by the death of 
Messrs. Ogden and McDowell. 

Resolved, That the said L. Q. C. Elmer, William B. Buck and William B. 
Dayton or either of them, should any fail to attend, or the survivors or 
survivor of them, be and they are hereby authorized to receipt for the interest 
upon the said stock as it from time to time matures. 

So much thereof as relates to the Treasurer's accounts was approved 
after a statement made by the Treasurer as to his understanding of the 
financial condition of the Estate of the late John McDowell, Jr. 

1871. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the certificate 
for the six per cent, loan of the United States for $13,500 and find the same 
in the hands of the Treasurer. 

That they have also examined the Treasurer's account and find the 
same correct, by which it appears that there is in the hands of the Treasurer, 
the sum of $1,924 and 14-100 after allowing the following several disburse- 
ments made during the year as follows : 

Cash paid Safe Deposit Co $6.75 

Power of Attorney Stamp .25 

Attendance Fees 240 . 00 

Donations, 18 337 -SO 

Dinner at New Brunswick 305 . 25 

Horse and Buggy to Col. Scotts 2 . 00 

Segars for dinner 29. 10 



$920.85 

The Treasurer then made an explanation to the Society of the present 
condition of so much of its funds as were held by the late Treasurer, John 
McDowell, Jr., at the time of his death. Stating that he had received from 
the executors of Mr. McDowell on the previous day the sum of $1,000 on 
account and the promise of early payment of the balance. 

On motion of Col. Alex. M. Gumming it was Resolved that the Trustees 
of the Society Fund be and they are hereby instructed to invest the surplus 
funds received from time to time from the Executors of the late Treasurer, 
in such a manner as is provided in the 14th Section of the By-Laws of this 
State Society. 

1872. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the certificate 
for the six per cent, loan of the United States for $14,000, the present fund of 
this Society and find the same safe in the hands of the Treasurer. 

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That they have also examined the Treasurer's annual account as rendered 
and find the same correct. 

By this tliere is shown to be in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of 
$1,719.92 after allowing the following disbursements made during the year, 
including investment, viz. : 

Cash paid Secy., Telegrams, Postage, Etc $7.00 

Safety Deposit Co 9 ■ 50 

R. M. Boggs Esq 2 . 00 

Crape, Postage, etc 11 ■ 50 

Assessment Genl. Society 60.00 

Wm. B. Dayton, Expenses as Delegate to Boston 31 -OO 

Repairing Banner i • 50 

Attendance Fees 270.00 

Donations 325 . 00 

Dinner at Trenton 352.05 

I U. S. $500 Bond 573-75 

$1,643.30 

The Treasurer of the Society announced that the Executors of the Estate 
of John McDowell, deceased, his predecessor in office, had paid into his 
hands the entire principal due by said Ex-Treasurer to the Society at the time 
of his death. 

Whereupon it was on motion of Mr. Francis Barber, Resolved that the 
interest which has accrued during the period intervening since the death of 
Mr. McDowell, $231 .30, be remitted, and the Treasurer is hereby authorized 
and empowered to receipt to the said Executors in full for all demands. 

1873- 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the certificate 
for the six per cent, loan of the United States for $14,000, the present 
fund of this Society, and find the same safe in the hands of the Treasurer. 

That they have also examined the Treasurer's annual account as rendered 
and find the same correct. 

By this there is shown to be in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of 
$1,656.64 after allowing the following several disbursements made during 
the year, including investment, viz : 

Cash paid cigars and crape $17.00 

Cash paid C. S. Sims, Expenses Del. Gen'l. Society 19-25 

Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer ; 25 . 00 

Hon. J. T. Nixon 25 . 00 

Attendance fee 22 members 220 . 00 

Donations 385 . 00 

Dinner at Trenton, July 4, 1872 291 .00 

Printing Rules, etc 10.00 

$992.25 
Which report was approved. 

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The Treasurer announced the sum of $500. as remaining in his hands 
over and above the current expenditures, which was on motion ordered to 
be invested according to the rule. 

1874. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the certificate 
for the 6 per cent, loan of the United States for $14,000, the present fund 
of this society, and find the same safe in the hands of the Treasurer. 

That they have also examined the Treasurer's annual account as rendered 
and find the same correct. 

By this there is shown to be in the hands of, the Treasurer the sum of 
$1,762.75 after allowing the following several disbursements made during 
the year, viz : 

Cash paid for crape $5 • 20 

Cash paid for Journal 10-75 

Dinner and Expenses at Trenton 299.25 

Donations 350.00 

Attendance Fees 190.00 



$855.20 

It was Resolved that the Treasurer be instructed to invest without further 
delay $500.00 of the funds remaining in his hands in United States Securities 
or in Securities of the State of New Jersey and the Secretary instructed to so 
notify the Treasurer. 

1875- 

The Standing Committee report, that they have examined the Securities 
amounting to $14,000, the present fund of the Society, and find the same safe 
in the hands of the Treasurer. 

They have also examined the Treasurer's annual account as rendered and 
find the same correct. By this there is shown to be in the hands of the 
Treasurer the sum of $1,513.02 after allowing the following several disburse- 
ments made during the year, viz : 

Crape and ribbon $3 . 00 

Donations 300 . 00 

Dinner 343-50 

Attendance Fees 210.00 

Printing 14.34 

Assessment to General Society 20.00 

Safe Deposit Company 10.00 

N. J. State Bond Invested by order of the Society 525.00 

United States Bonds 1 5.892 . 50 

$17,317.34 
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It was ordered that the Treasurer deposit all monies of the Society 
not invested in Bonds or other securities in some bank to be approved by 
the President to the credit of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of 
New Jersey subject to the draft of the Treasurer for the time being or, in 
case of his death or absence of the Assistant Treasurer. 

1876. 

The Standing Committee report, that the present permanent fund of the 
Society is composed of $14,000 U. S. Bonds. 

That they have examined the accounts for the past year, as rendered 
by Messrs. Wm. B. Buck and Wm. B. Dayton, late and present Treasurers and 
find the same correct. 

By this there is shown to be in the hands of the present Treasurer, the 
sum of $1,085.39 after allowing the following several disburs'cments made 
during the year, viz : 

Paid by Secretary for Stationery, etc $10.50 

Attendance fees 23 members 230 . 00 

Donations 325 . 00 

Expenses for Delegates to General Society 89.00 

Dinner Bill for 1875 328 . 00 

Philadelphia Safe Deposit Co. "^2, "jt^ and 75. . . . 28.50 



$1,011 .02 



It being proposed that investments under the rule be left to the Treasurer, 
it was on motion Resolved that the Treasurer be instructed to invest the cash 
funds of the Society whenever he has a surplus leaving a reasonable margin 
in the Treasury. 

1877. 

The Standing Committee report that the present permanent fund of the 
Society is composed of $14,500. That they have examined the accounts for the 
past year as rendered by Wm. B. Dayton, Treasurer and find the same correct. 
By this there is shown to be in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of 
$1,152.45 after allowing the following several disbursements made during 
the year, viz : 

By Bill W. B. D. Secy, Expressage and P. O. S. $3.50 

I Copper Counter plate i . 00 

Printing Rules and Certificates 8.25 

Printing and Binding 100 Copies Red Book .... 135.00 

Stationery and Postage Secy. Bill 4.00 

Attendance fees 25 members 250.00 

14 Donations at $25 350.00 

Secretary's Bill 1 1 . 78 

Dinners 35 365 . 10 

Fees to Waiters 7 . 00 

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Resolved that the Treasurer be instructed in the future to pay mileage 
only to such members as shall answer to their names at Roll Call. 

An allowance of $io was then appropriated to John Clarke Sims, Jr., m 
payment of his mileage for the year 1876. 

1878. 

The Standing Committee report, that the present permanent fund of the 
Society is $15,000. That they have examined the accounts for the past year 
as rendered by Wm. B. Dayton. Treasurer and find the same correct. 

By this there is shown to be in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of 
$886.13 after allowing the following several disbursements made during the 
year, viz : 

Attendance Fees $270 . 00 

14 Donations at $25 350 . 00 

Secretary's Bill printing, postage 10.00 

Dinner Bill 412.60 

Safe Deposit Co 7 • 50 

Assessment of General Society 20. 00 

F. B. Ogden expenses as Delegate 16.00 

$1,086.10 
together with investments added to permanent fund. 

Resolved, that after the Treasurer has paid the expenses of this meeting 
he shall retain the sum of $25 for emergencies and that he distribute the balance 
of the income for the current year pro-rata to the persons heretofore named 
in this report, the amount to each, however, not to exceed the sum of $25. 

1879. 

The Standing Committee report that the present permanent fund of the 
Society is composed of $15,000. 

That they have examined the accounts for the past year as rendered by 
Wm. B. Dayton, Treasurer, and find the same correct. By this there is shown 
to be in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of $956.31, after allowing the 
following several disbursements made during the year, viz : 

Attendance Fees $260 . 00 

Donations 325 . 00 

Secretary's Bill 16.92 

Expenses of Delegates to General Society 41 .00 

Dinner Bill 206 . 00 

Safe Deposit Co 7 • 50 

Sundries 3 ■ 40 

$859.82 

An appropriation was ordered of not to exceed $25. for the purchase 
of ten yards of deep blue watered ribbon edged with white for the use of the 
members of the Society. 

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It being brought to the attention of the Society that, owing to the 
calling in of certain of the securities now held by the Society, that reinvestment 
of the funds becomes necessary. It was resolved by a unanimous vote, that By- 
Law No. 12 be suspended so that the Trustees and Standing Committee can 
make any investment of the permanent fund to the best of their ability. 

iS8o. 

The Standing Committee report that the present permanent fund of the 
Society is $15,000. 

That they have examined the accounts for the past year as rendered by 
Wm. B. Dayton, Treasurer, and find the same correct. By this there is shown 
to be in the hands of the Treasurer, the sum of $1,008.05, after allowing the 
following several disbursements made during the year. 

Attendance Fees $270 . 00 

Donations 325 . 00 

Dinner 225.OO 

Expressage .90 

Safe Deposit Co 7 • 50 

Treasurer's Expenses 16.00 

Fidelity Trust Co 3.86 



$848.26 



On motion it was resolved that the payments made for mileage be abol- 
ished after the present meeting. 

On motion Resolved, that in view of the diminished income of the Society, 
members other than the President, who invite guests, shall notify the President 
and the Secretary and shall pay the expenses of their guests' dinners, and that 
this resolution take effect after today. 

Resolved, that the Treasurer inform the Committee appointed to take 
charge of the dinner of July 4, 1881, what amount of money can be set apart 
for that purpose without trenching upon the capital or diminishing the gratu- 
ities of the Society. 

Resolved, that the Trustees be instructed to sell and dispose of the 
present securities held by them, if in their judgment advisable to do so, and 
to invest the proceeds thereof or the principal money thereof when the said 
securities shall be paid off, in their names as Trustees, in securities of the 
State of New Jersey, or in securities of some county, city, municipality or 
corporation, or in bonds and mortgages in the said state. 

1881. 

The Standing Committee report that the present permanent fund of the 
Society is $12,000, being par value of investments. 

That they have examined the accounts for the past year as rendered by 
Herman Burgin, the acting Treasurer, and find the same correct. By this 

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there is shown to be in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of $703.70, after 
allowing the following disbursements made during the year, viz. : 

Attendance Fees $270.00 

Dinner Bill, etc 195 . 50 

Donations 225 . 00 

Secy. Bill and Printing 40.00 

Fidelity Trust Co 3-85 

Genl. Soc. Assessment 20.00 



$754-35 

Your Committee submit the following report of the Trustees. 

That they have sold $14,000 of securities for $14,216.25 and have pur- 
chased $11,000 of securities for $13,742.50, the balance remaining in their 
hands without interest is $473.75. 

The present assets of the Society are : 
$3,000 N. J. 6 per cent. Coupon Bonds No. 247, 248, 

249, due 1899, Market Value $3,915.00 

$3,000 West Jersey R. R. Co. Coupon Bonds No. 

817, 818, 819, due 1896, M. V 3,607.50 

$3,000 N. J. 6 per cent. Registered Bonds Nos. 828, 

829, 830, due 1895, M. V 3,810.00 

$500 N. J. 6 per cent. Coupon Bond No. 17, due 

1893, Market Value 625.00 

$2,000 N. J. 6 per cent. Registered Bonds Nos. 

1,076, 1,077, due 1890. Market Value 2,410.00 

$500 U. S. 6 per cent. Coupon Bond No. 45,475, 

due 1881, Market Value 500.00 

Cash on deposit with accrued interest to July i, 

1881 537-39 

Total . . .1 $15,404.89 

The West Jersey R. R. Co. Bonds are those issued under a mortgage 
dated January i, 1866 to Abraham Browning, John T. Nixon and William 
H. Gatzmer, Trustees, for $1,000,000. 

1882. 

The Standing Committee report that the present permanent fund of 
the Society consists of $3,500 New Jersey State Bonds, $3,000 West Jersey 
6 per cent. Bonds, $5,000 New Jersey State Bonds Registered. $1,000 Pember- 
ton & Hightstown R. R. 7 per cent. Bond. Cash on deposit $137.32, the whole 
representing a market value of $15,662.32. That they have examined the 
accounts of the past year, as rendered by Herman Burgin, the Treasurer, and 
find the same correct. By this there is shown to be in the hands of the 

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Treasurer the sum of $759.71, after allowing the following disbursements 
made during the year : 

Donations 200 . 00 

Dinner 225 . 75 

Secretary's Expenses 1 1 • 50 



$437-25 

The Trustees presented the following report. 

That on July 5, 1881 they sold the $500 U. S. 6 per cent. Bond belonging 
to the Society for par, and that on April 11, 1882, they purchased $1,000 
Pemberton & Hightstown R. R. Co. 7 per cent. Bond 1889, at 116. This 
Bond is one of those issued under a mortgage dated July i, 1867. 

All of the bonds are registered in the names of William B. Buck, Clifford 
Stanley Sims and Herman Burgin, Trustees of the Society of the Cincinnati of 
the State of New Jersey. 

The cash surplus is deposited in the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit 
Co. of Philadelphia to the credit of the Society of the Cincinnati of New 
Jersey, the account to receive 2 per cent, on the daily balances. 

The Trustees would request the adoption of the following resolution. 
Resolved, that the Report of the Trustees be accepted and approved. It was 
accepted and approved. 

It was Resolved, that the Trustees be authorized to dispose of the bonds, 
the property of the Society in their hands and invest and reinvest the same 
according to their best discretion. 

1883. 

The Trustees beg leave to report that the present assets of the Society 
amount to $15,687.76. 

The cash surplus is deposited in the Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. 
of Philadelphia to the credit of the Society of the Cincinnati of New Jersey, 
the account to receive 2 per cent, on the daily balances. 

The Standing Committee, respectfully report that the present permanent 
fund of the Society consists of $3,000 W. Jersey R. R. Co.'s 6 per cent. Bonds, 
$1,000 Pemberton and Hightstown R. R. Co.'s 7 per cent. Bond, $10,000 
Penn. Car Trust 5 per cent. Certificates, $1,077.76 temporarily invested at 2 
per cent. The whole representing a market value of $15,687.76. That they 
have examined the accounts of the past year as rendered by the Treasurer and 
find the same correct. By this there is shown to be in his hands the sum of 
$701.09, after allowing the following disbursements made during the year. 

Donations $225 . 00 

Dinner 209 . 40 

Sundry Expenses 30-25 

$464.65 
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1884. 

The President informed the Society that he had received $455 in sub- 
scriptions from the members towards defraying the expenses of entertaining 
the General Society at their recent session in Princeton. 

The Treasurer presented the following report from the Trustees of the 
Society. 

The Trustees beg leave to report that the present assets of the Society are : 

$3,cx)0 W. Jersey R. R. Co. 6 per cent. Coupon 

Bonds Nos. 817, 818, 819, due 1896, M. V. . . $3,420.00 
$1,000 Pemberton & Highstown R. R. Co. 7 per 

cent. Bonds No. 27, due 1889, M. V 1,110.00 

$10,000 Penn. Car Trust 5 per cent. Certf. Series 
E., No. 4450 and No. 4464 to ^2, due May i, 

1889, M. V 10,000.00 

Cash on deposit belonging to Capital account.. .. $804.45 
" " " " " Sinking Fund .... 195.10 

" " " " " Income 260.25 

Total Cash with accrued interest to July i, 1884. . . . 1,259.80 

$15,789.80 

All of the above securities are registered in the names of William B. 
Buck. Clifford Stanley Sims and Herman Burgin, Trustees of the Society of 
the Cincinnati of the State of New Jersey. The cash surplus is deposited 
in the Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. of Philadelphia, to the credit of 
the Society of the Cincinnati of New Jersey. The account to receive 2 per 
cent, on the daily balances. The Trustees would request the adoption of the 
following resolution : Resolved, that the report of the Trustees be accepted and 
approved. 

The Standing Committee report that the present permanent fund of the 
Society consists of $15,529.55 also $260.25. belonging to income account. 
They have examined the accounts of the past year as rendered by the Treasurer 
and find the same correct. By this there is shown to be in the hands of the 
Treasurer the sum of $656.36, after allowing the following disbursements 
made during the year. 

Donations $180.00 

Dinner (1883) and Sundry Expenses 320.24 

Expenses of Triennial Meeting (entertaining Gen- 
eral Society ) 815.15 

General Society Assessment 20.00 

$i-335-39 
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1885. 

The Standing Committee respectfully report, that the present market 
value of the permanent fund of the Society consists of $16,821.49 ^'so $72.50, 
belonging to the income account. They have examined the accounts of the 
past year as rendered by the Treasurer and find the same correct, by this there 
is shown to be in his hands the sum of %'j<^'j.'j2, after allowing the following 
disbursements made during the year. 

Donations $120.00 

Mileage 45 . 00 

Annual Meeting 322 . 47 

Secretary's Expenses (postage, stationery, etc.) ... 48.50 
President's Expenses (postage, stationery and 

ribbon purchased for the Society) 59-83 

Committee expenses 6 . 00 



1886. ^6°' -7° 

The Standing Committee report that the present market value of the 
assets of the Society is $17,983.50, as shown by the annual report of the Trus- 
tees. They have examined the accounts of the past year as rendered by the 
Treasurer and find the same correct, by this there is shown to be in his hands 
the sum of $754.82, after allowing during the year $663.15 for sundry 
expenses as per accounts audited. 

1887. 

The Standing Committee report that the present market value of the 
assets of the Society is $18,537.73, P^f value $17,000, as shown by the annual 
report of the Trustees. That they have examined the accounts of the past 
year as rendered by the Treasurer and find the same correct; there is shown to 
be in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of $703.82, after allowing $634.53 
for sundry expenses during the past year as per accounts audited. 

1888. 

The Standing Committee report that the present par value of the assets 
of the Society is $17,364.45, making at market value the sum of $18,134.45, as 
shown by the annual report of the Trustees. That they have examined the 
accounts for the past year as rendered by the Treasurer and find the same 
correct ; there is shown thereby to be in the hands of the Treasurer the sum 
of $833.99, after allowing $799.63 for sundry expenses during the past year as 
per accounts audited. 

1889. 

The Standing Committee report that the present par value of the assets 
of the society is $19,622.30, making at market value the sum of $19,732.30, 
as shown by the annual report of the Trustees. 

That they have examined the accounts for the past year as rendered by the 
Treasurer and find the same correct ; there is shown thereby to be in the hands 
of the Treasurer the sum of $853.83, after allowing $816.00 for sundry 
expenses during the past year as per accounts audited. 

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1890. 

The Standing Committee report that it appears by the annual report of 
the Trustees herewith submitted that the present market value of the securities 
constituting the assets of the society amounts to the total sum of $21,631.42. 

That they have audited and examined the accounts of the Treasurer and 
find the same correct. It appears thereby that he has expended for sundry ex- 
penses during the past year, the sum of $885.09 and that there is now in his 
hands the sum of $659.59. 

1891. 

The President made a verbal report that the funds and securities in the 
hands of the Trustees amounted to upwards of $2 1 ,000. 

The Committee appointed to examine the assets belonging to the Society 
of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey and to examine the accounts of 
the Trustees of the said Society report that the assets aforesaid are as follows : 

$4,000 S'ix per cent, bonds of the West Jersey Railroad Co. 

$1,000 six per cent, bond of the Susquehanna Coal Co. 

$3,000 five per cent bonds of the Elmira & Williamsport R. R. Co. 

$5,000 seven per cent, bonds of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Rail- 
way Co. 

$2,000 four per cent. Pennsylvania Equipment Trust Certificates. 

$1,000 ten per cent, guaranteed stock of the United New Jersey Railroad 
and Canal Co. 

$2,000 stock of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 

The Committee appointed to examine the assets belonging to the Society 
of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey and to examine the accounts of 
the Trustees of the said Society, report that the said accounts are correct and 
show the following balances in the hands of the said Trustees : 

Capital Account $ 

Sinking Fund Account 51-94 

Income Account 571 . 62 

1891. $623.56 

The Treasurer made no report. 

The Standing Committe report that it appears by the report of the audit- 
ing Committee appointed for that purpose that they have examined the ac- 
counts of the Trustees of this Society and report that the assets in their hands 
amount to the principal sum of $18,000, in addition to cash to the amount of 
$623.56. 

That it appears by the annual report of the Trustees herewith submitted 
that the present market value of the securities constituting the assets of the 
Society amounts with cash on hand, to the sum of $21,743.95. 

1892. 

The Treasurer reported that his total receipts had amounted to the sum 
of $1,773.08 and his disbursements to the sum of $746.33, and that there 
was in his hands the sum of $1,026.75. 

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The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts of 
the Trustees and find the same correct. That it appears from said report that 
the present market value of the securities and stock of the Society amount to 
the aggregate sum of $22,300. That the amount of cash in their hands is 
$346.82, together amounting to the total sum of $22,646.82. 

That they have examined and audited the accounts of the Treasurer and 
find the same correct. That it appears thereby that his total receipts amount to 
the sum of $1,773.08; his disbursements $746.33. 

1893. 

The Committee report that they have examined the accounts of the 
Trustees and fi.nd the same correct. The present market value of the securities 
and stock held by the Society amounts in the aggregate to the sum of 
$21,966.75 and the amount of cash in their hands is $1,237.27, together 
amounting to the total sum of $23,204.02. 

That they have appointed a committee of two (Messrs. W. C. Spencer 
and W. P. Barber) to audit the accounts of the late Treasurer, Mr. David P. 
Thomas. 

The Committee recommend that the action of the Trustees in loaning Mr. 
John H. Piatt $25, be ratified and approved. 

1894. 

The Standing Committee report that the deed of the property on which 
the Pulaski monument was placed was presented by the President and the bills 
of the monument Committee, $234.12, are recommended to the Society for 
payment. Recommendations adopted. 

The Trustees made the following report of the present assets of the 
Society : 

$4,000 West Jersey Railroad Company 6 per cent. 

Coupon Bonds, Market Value $4,120.00 

$1,000 Susquehanna Coal Company 6 per cent. 

Coupon Bonds, Market Value 1,180.00 

$2,000 Pennsylvania Equipment Trust 4 per cent. 

Certificate, Series A. and G., Market Value. . 2,000.00 
$3,000 Elmira & Williamsport Railroad Company 

5 per cent. Income Bond, Market Value 3,180.00 

$5,000 Pittsburg, Cincinnati, St. Louis Ry. Co., 

7 per cent. Registered Bonds, Market Value. . 5,800.00 
$1,000 Allegheny Valley Railroad Company, Mar- 
ket Value 1 ,258 . 00 

$1,000 United New Jersey Railroad and Canal 
Company Capital stock Certificate for ten 

shares, M. V 2,315.00 

$3,500 Pennsylvania Railroad Company Capital 

stock Certificates for 70 shares, Market Value 3,500.00 
Cash on deposit belonging to Capital account ... $ 7 . 50 

" " " " " Sinking Fund 309.41 

" " " " " Income Account.. 371.05 

Total Cash with accrued interest to July i, 1894 687.96 

19 145 $24,037.96 



The Treasurer presented his report, showing a balance in his hands of 
$235.44. His report was accepted. 

1895. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the accounts 
of the Trustees and find that the amount of the assets of the Society July i, 

1895, is $24,392.84 

of which there belongs to the income account 425 .93 

Leaving a balance to capital account of $23,966.91 

The Treasurer's account has been audited and found correct. His re- 
ceipts from all sources for the year have been $1,448. 19 

Disbursements 1,171 .69 

Leaving a balance of $276. 50 

which with the amount in the Trustees' hands, belonging 

to the income account 425 . 93 

makes an available income July 4, 1895, of $702.43 

1896. 

The Standing Committee would respectfully report that they have ex- 
amined the Trustees' accounts and find the assets of the Society July i, 1896, 

to be $24,295 . 20 

of which there belongs to income account 680 . 95 

$23,614.25 
Leaving to the capital account $23,614.25. 

The Treasurer's accounts have been audited and found correct. 

The Treasurer's receipts from all sources have been $1,406.25 

Disbursements i ,086 . 63 



Leaving a balance of $319.62 

which with the amount in the Trustees' hands belonging to 

the income account 680.95 

Makes an available income $1,000. 57 

Resolved, that at each annual meeting of the Society a Trust Company 
shall be selected as the custodian for its securities, to collect interest and divi- 
dends and to deposit the same to the credit of the Society of the Cincinnati in 
the State of New Jersey in a depository to be designated by the Society, the 
funds thus deposited to be drawn upon by the Treasurer. 

Resolved, that the office of Trustee is hereby abolished. 

Resolved, that the Gerard Trust Company of Philadelphia. Pa., be selected 
as the custodian of the Society's securities. 

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Resolved, that the First National Bank of Freehold is appointed as the 
depository of the income of the Society. 
Referred to the Committee on By-Laws. 

1897. 

The Standing Committee would respectfully report that they have exam- 
ined the accounts of the Trustee and find the assets of the Society July i, 1897, 

to be $24,284.25 

of which there belongs to income 365 .00 

Leaving the capital account $23,919.25 

The Treasurer's accounts have been audited and it is found that he has 

received from all sources $2,047. 32 

His disbursements have been 1068 . 50 

Balance $978.82 

Income account in Trustees' hands 365.00 

Available income July 5, 1897 $1,343.82 

1898. 

The Standing Committee would respectfully report that they have caused 
the Trustees' report to be examined and audited, and find that the amount of all 

monies to the credit of the capital account is $24,387. 50 

There have been no expenditures, therefore the amount on 

hand is 24,387 . 50 

The amount on hand to the credit of income account is . . 402 . 90 

The Treasurer's report was referred to the Auditing Committee and 
found correct. It shows 

The total receipts from all sources to have been. . . . $2,343.19 
Total expenditures i»3i9- 14 

Leaving a balance on hand of $1,024.05 

1899. 

The Standing Committee report that the Treasurer's accounts have 
been audited and found correct. 

They show that the total receipts for the year have been 

$2,719.72 

The expenditures i ,849 . 30 

Leaving a balance of $870 . 42 

1900. 

The Standing Committee recommended that William S. Stryker, Presi- 
dent, be and is hereby authorized to sell, and transfer, with the seal of the 
Society part of $5,000 Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company 

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7 per cent, registered bonds, due August i, 1900, for $1,000 each, interest 
February and August, and to appoint one or more attorneys for that purpose. 

That WilHam S. Stryker, President, be and he is hereby authorized to 
withdraw $5,000 Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company's 
Bonds, deposited with the Camden Safe Deposit Trust Company, Camden, 
New Jersey, described as follows : Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Rail- 
road Company 7 per cent, registered bonds, due August i, 1900, for $1,000 
each, interest payable February and August. 

That William S. Stryker, President, be and is hereby authorized to 
assign with the seal of the Society affixed, unto the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company in exchange for a certificate of the capital stock, of said Company 
for sixteen shares, the said railroad company's receipts for the payment for 
sixteen (16) shares of the capital stock of said railroad company, subscribed 
for under the resolution of its Board of Directors, of Dec. 13, 1899, described 
as follows, namely: Receipts No. 57 for fourteen (14) shares. No. 3737 for 
one (i) share. No. F21 for 4-10 of a share. No. F 866 for 6-10 of a share, 
now standing in the name of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of 
New Jersey. 

That the President and Vice-President, or either of them, be authorized 
and empowered at any time to make and execute all necessary acts of assign- 
ment and transfer with the seal of the Society affixed attested by the Secretary, 
of any of the securities now standing or may hereafter stand in the name of 
the Society, and to appoint one or more attorneys for the purpose with like full 
power. The recommendations were adopted. 

The Standing Committee would respectfully report that they have had the 
accounts of the Treasurer audited and they have been found correct. They 
show : 

Balance on hand July 4, 1899 $870.42 

Total amount of receipts i ,603 . 84 

Total $2,474.26 

Amount added to investments $823 . 25 

Other expenses 1 5532 . 52 

Total amount e.xpended 2,355 . yj 

Balance on hand $1 18 .49 

1901. 

The Standing Committee would respectfully report that they have exam- 
ined and audited accounts and find that the value of securities is as follows : 

Par Value $21,940. 19 

Market Value 29,855 . 19 

The income last year was 1,186.49 

Disbursements 1,339.20 

Deficit $152.71 

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1902. 

The Standing Committee have examined and audited the Treasurer's 
accounts and find them correct. 

Par Value of Securities $23,150.00 

Market Value 30,405 . 00 

Income $1,284 

Receipts from all sources 1,158.40 

Expenditures 1,119.61 

Balance $38-79 

Resolved, that the committee provided for in Section X of By-Laws be 
and is hereby authorized and empowered to withdraw any of the securities 
from the selected depository, upon their joint order in writing and to designate 
in such order any one or more of its members to receipt therefor, and that said 
committee be and is hereby further authorized and empowered to make such 
changes in the securities belonging to the Society as in their judgment shall be 
for the interest of the Society, to invest and reinvest the monies of the Society 
in reputable securities, reporting their action for approval and confirmation, at 
each annual meeting of the Society, and also present at such meeting a report 
of the income from the securities of the Society. 

Resolved, that a certified copy of this resolution be filed with the 
designated depository provided for in Section XX, of the By-Laws, by the 
Secretary of this Society. 

1903. 

The Standing Committee report that the Treasurer's accounts have been 
audited and found correct and they were approved. 

Total amount received was $9,862 . 59 

Total amount expended was 9,352 .44 

Balance, July 4, 1903 $510. 15 

1904. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the Treasurer's 
accounts and find them correct. 

Total amount received was $1,840.20 

Total amount expended was 913.36 

Leaving a balance of $926 . 84 

1905. 

The Standing Committee report that they have examined the Treasurer's 
accounts and find a balance of $14,474.66 

1906. 

The Auditing Committee report that they have audited the accounts of 
the Treasurer and found them correct, his balance in bank being $484.10. 

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DONATIONS. 

1793- 

Resolved, unanimously, that in consideration of the distressed situation of 
the wife of Capt. Pike, the Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay from time 
to time, fifty dollars from the funds of the Society to Mr. John Heard in 
trust for the use of the wife of the said Capt. Pike, to be given at the discretion 
of Mr. Heard. 

1794. 

Resolved, that fifty dollars be advanced for the use of the widow and 
the children of the late Capt. Wm. Piatt and that the Treasurer pay the same 
to Mr. William Shute, who is desired to take receipts from the said Widow 
Piatt as the same shall be advanced to her. 

1795- 

Whereupon Resolved, that as soon as the funds shall admit, without 
sale of the stock, the sum of fifty dollars be paid to Mr. William Shute as a 
Trustee for the benefit of the widow and orphan children of Capt. William 
Piatt, and that the Trustee pay particular attention to the education of the 
eldest son of the said Captain Piatt, and first to apply such part of the monies 
in his hands to his use as his circumstances may require. 

1798. 

A letter from Lieut. Abraham Stout, dated Mason County, State of Ken- 
tucky, May 10, 1798, addressed to Captain Jonathan Phillips, being laid be- 
fore the Society, stated that the said Lieut. Stout is in very indigent circum- 
stances, and will not afford a sufficient education for his children; whereupon 
Resolved, that the Treasurer transmit forty dollars to the said Lieut. Abra- 
ham Stout to be applied to the education of his children. 

Application having been made to the Standing Committee in behalf of 
the widow of the late Major Hollinshead, the committee recommend that the 
sum of thirty dollars be paid forward to General Bloomfield for the purpose 
of paying the funeral charges of the said deceased; and if there should be 
any residue that it be applied to the schooling of his children. 

A letter from John Stotesbury, late a Captain in the Pennsylvania line, 
stating his total disability to procure a subsistence for himself and family 
by means of his wounds having afflicted him unusually for some time past, 
and that he is therefore obliged to throw himself upon the funds of the 
benevolent institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, was read. But it not 
being attended with any documents to show that he is entitled to the benefit 
of its fund by being a member ; 

Resolved, that Captain Stotesbury's application be postponed till the 
next anniversary meeting, and that he be informed that it will be necessary for 
him to show that he is entitled to claim the benefits of the funds of the Society 
by being a member in full standing. 

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i8oo. 

Resolved, that the Treasurer transmit to Major William Shute the sum 
of twenty dollars, to assist the widow of Captain William Piatt in the educa- 
tion of her children. 

1801. 

Jonathan Rhea reports that he has received of the Treasurer the sum of 
twenty dollars, ordered to be applied towards the education of the children 
of Lieut. Abraham Stout, and that he had forwarded the said sum of twenty 
dollars together with an extract from the minutes, unto Mr. John Hunt of 
Kentucky. 

Major Shute reported that he received twenty dollars from Major Cox, 
Treasurer, for the purpose of applying the same for the education of the chil- 
dren of the late Captain W. Piatt. He, upon inquiry, finds that the male chil- 
dren of the late Captain Piatt are not within his reach to afford the relief con- 
templated by the resolution of this Society ; that there is one male child now 
living- with his mother who is fully able to afford him the necessary aid. 

Ordered that Major Shute pay back the money into the Treasury. 

1802. 

The Standing Committee reported that the circumstances of John Flem- 
ing, late a soldier in the second New Jersey regiment, as certified by Doctor 
Ebenezer Elmer and Joseph Clunn do not properly come within the attention 
of the Society. The Committee further reported that the widow of Capt. 
Lieut. Parker cannot with propriety make any claim whatsoever upon the 
Society of this State, her late husband having contributed to the funds in 
the State of Massachusetts and having never become a member of this State 
Society. 

The Committee beg leave to mention that the application in behalf of 
Lieut. Stout's two daughters is inadmissible as the application does not come 
from Lieut. Stout nor any person within the knowledge of your Committee. 

1804. 

A representation having been made to the Standing Committee that 
Mrs. Howell, the widow of the late Governor Richard Howell, has been left 
in unpleasant circumstances as to the means of supporting and educating her 
family which from their number and times of life, are becoming more and 
more expensive. It was Resolved, that the sum of one hundred dollars be 
placed in the hands of the Rev. Andrew Hunter and Col. Jonathan Rhea by 
the Treasurer of this Society for the purpose of being paid forward to the use 
of the said Mrs. Howell as in their discretion shall seem to require. 

1806. 

The Standing Committee furtlier reported that a representation had been 
made to them that Mrs. Elmer, the widow of Captain Eli Elmer and that Mrs. 
Howell, the widow of the late Governor Richard Howell, have been left in 

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unpleasant circumstances as to the means of supporting and educating their 
children which from their number and time of life are becoming more and 
more expensive. 

It was Resolved, that the sum of one hundred dollars be paid into the 
hands of General James Giles by the Treasurer of this Society for the use of 
the said Mrs. Elmer and her children, and that one hundred dollars be placed 
in the hands of the Reverend Andrew Hunter for the use of the said Mrs. 
Howell and her children, to be applied at their discretion and under their 
responsibility. 

1807. 

The Standing Committee reported that a representation had been made to 
them that Mrs. Howell, the widow of the late Governor Howell, Mrs. Elmer, 
the widow of the late Capt. Eli Elmer, and the wife and children of Ensign 
Almarin Brooks, are in unpleasant circumstances as to the means of supporting 
and educating their children which, from their number and time of life, are 
more and more expensive. 

It was Resolved, that the sum of one hundred dollars be placed in the 
hands of the Reverend Andrew Hunter for the use of the said Mrs. Howell 
and her children, and that one hundred dollars be placed in the hands of 
General James Giles for Mrs. Elmer and her children, and that fifty dollars 
be placed in the hands of Dr. Ebenezer Elmer for the use of Mrs. Brooks and 
her children, and that the sums above mentioned be paid by the Treasurer 
to the said Andrew Hunter, James Giles and Ebenezer Elmer, and that they 
be responsible respectively for the proper appropriation of the same. 

1808. 

The Standing Committee reported the following resolutions which were 
agreed to. 

Resolved, that sixty-eight dollars be placed in the hands of Col. Rhea for 
the use of Mrs. Howell and her children and sixty-eight dollars be placed in 
the hands of Genl. Giles for Mrs. Elmer and her children and that fifty dollars 
be placed in the hands of Genl. Elmer for the use of Mrs. Brooks and her 
children, and the committee further reported upon the representation of the 
distressed state of Lieut. Eden Burrowes that the sum of forty dollars be 
paid into the hands of Mrs. Burrowes, wife of Eden Burrowes, for the relief 
of the family of the said Eden Burrowes. 

The Society, not having funds to enable them to extend their charity be- 
yond the sums mentioned, the above sums are to be paid from time to time as 
monies come into the Treasurer's hands. 

1809. 

The Standing Committee report the following resolutions to the Society : 

Resolved, that as soon as the state of the funds from the interest thereof 

will admit, sixty dollars be placed in the hands of Col. Rhea, for Mrs. Howell 

and her children ; sixty dollars in the hands of Genl. Elmer, for Mrs. Brooks 

and her children; forty dolars in the hands of Major Ballard for Mrs. Rus- 

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castle; twenty-five dollars to be paid by the Treasurer to Col. Wessels T. Stout 
or his order, and thirty dollars to be paid in the hands of Col. Ogden, to be 
by him remitted to Lieut. Eden Burrowes, accompanied by a letter to Mr. 
Burrowes, that, as he resides out of the State, and agreeable to the Constitu- 
tion, ought to belong to that State Society in which he makes his residence, his 
application in future ought to be made to them for relief. 

i8io. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following sums be disbursed 
for charitable purposes, as soon as the funds arising from the interest only, will 
admit, viz : 

That sixty dollars be paid by the Treasurer to Col. Stout. That sixty 
dollars be placed in the hands of Col. Rhea for Mrs. Howell and her children. 
That sixty dollars be placed in the hands of Genl. Giles for Mrs. Elmer and 
her children. That sixty dollars be placed in the hands of Genl. Elmer for 
Mrs. Brooks and her children. That forty dollars be also placed in the hands 
of Genl. Elmer to be applied to the education of the two youngest sons of the 
late Col. Buck. And that forty dollars be placed in the hands of Col. Rhea, 
to be applied in clothing for the use of Mr. Jacob Hyer. The recommenda- 
tions were adopted. 

1811. 

The Standing Committee beg leave to recommend that the following sums 
be disbursed for charitable purposes when the interest in the Treasurer's 
hands will admit of the same. To Colonel W. T. Stout sixty dollars. To 
Mrs. R. Howell for herself and children ; placed in the hands of Genl. Rhea, 
sixty dollars. To Mrs. Elmer, for herself and children, to be placed in the 
hands of Genl. Giles, sixty dollars. To Mrs. Brooks, for herself and children, 
to be placed in the hands of Genl. Elmer, sixty dollars. 

And that there be also placed in his hands, forty dollars, to be applied 
towards the education of the two youngest sons of the late Col. Buck. 

And that forty dollars be placed in the hands of Genl. Rhea, for the use 
of Jacob Hyer. Recommendations were adopted. 

1812. 

The Standing Committee beg leave to recommend that the following sums 
be disbursed for charitable purposes when the interest money in the hands 
of the Treasurer will admit, viz : 

To Col. W. T. Stout, the sum of sixty dollars. To Mrs. R. Howell, for 
herself and children, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Rhea, sixty dollars. 
To Mrs. Elmer, for herself and children, to be placed in the hands of Genl. 
Giles, sixty dollars. To Mrs. Brooks, for herself and childrai, to be placed 
in the hands of Genl. Elmer, sixty dollars. Recommendations were adopted. 

1813. 

The Standing Committee beg leave to recommend that the following sums 
be disbursed for charitable purposes, when the interest money in the hands 
of the Treasurer will admit, viz : 



20 



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To Col. Wessel T. Stout, the sum of sixty dollars. To Mrs. Elmer, 
widow of Capt. Eli Elmer, for herself and children, to be placed in the hands 
of Genl. Giles, the sum of sixty dollars. 

To Mrs. Brooks, widow of Ensign Almarlne Brooks, late a member of 
this Society, for herself and children, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Elmer, 
sixty dollars. 

To Mrs. Maribah Barton, widow of Capt. William Barton, late a member 
of this Society, the sum of sixty dollars, to be disbursed by the Treasurer to her. 
Recommendations adopted. 

1814. 

The Standing Committee beg leave to recommend that the following sums 
be disbursed for charitable purposes when the interest money in the hands 
of the Treasurer will admit, namely : 

To Col. Stout, the sum of $60.00 

To Mrs. Elmer, widow of Capt. Eli Elmer, for herself 
and children, to be placed in the hands of Genl. 

Giles 60 . 00 

To Mrs. Brooks, wife of Capt. Almarine Brooks, for 
herself and children, to be placed in the hands of 

Genl. Elmer 60. 00 

Mrs. Barton 60 . 00 

To Lieut. Saml. Seely, to be appropriated in clothing 
for his use by Genl. Rhea, provided he shall be 
satisfied that Lieut. Seely has not received any 

relief from the Society in Pennsylvania 50.00 

To Lieut. Seth Bowen, for his present relief, to be 

placed in the hands of Genl. Giles 40.00 

Recommendations adopted. 

1815. 

The Committee beg leave to recommend that the following sums be appro- 
priated for charitable purposes, viz : 

To Col. Wessel T. Stout $60.00 

To Mrs. J. Elmer, for herself and children, to be 

placed in the hands of Genl. J. Giles for their use . . 60 . 00 
To Mrs. Brooks, for herself and children, to be 

placed in the hands of Genl. Elmer for their use. . 60.00 

To Lieut. Seth Bowen, the sum of 40.00 

to be placed in the hands of Genl. Giles. 
To Mrs. Piiebe Ruecastle, the widow of Lieut. John 

Ruecastle, the sum of 30.00 

The Committee further recommend that, in addition to the sum of Ten 
Dollars advanced by and credited to the Treasurer on this day's settlement 
towards defraying the expenses of the funeral of Mrs. Barton, the 

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widow of Capt. Wm. Barton, there be allowed and paid the further sum of 
Twenty Dollars to Sarah, the daughter of the said deceased, for the same 
purpose. Recommendations adopted. 

1816. 

The Committee beg leave to recommend that the following sums be 
appropriated for charitable purposes, viz : 

To Col. Wessel T. Stout $60.00 

Mrs. Eli Elmer, widow of Capt. Eli Elmer, for her- 
self and children, to be placed in the hands of 
Genl. Giles, for their use 60.00 

To Mrs. Brooks, for herself and children, to be 

placed in the hands of Genl. Elmer, for their use, 60.00 

To Mrs. Mary Bowen, widow of Lieut. Bowen, for 

herself, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Giles 40.00 

To Mrs. Phebe Ruecastle, widow of Lieut. John 

Ruecastle, the sum of 30 . 00 

To the children of Capt. Daniel Baldwin, to be 

placed in the hands of Genl. Gumming 60.00 

To Genl. Gumming, for the sum advanced by him 
for the funeral expenses for the late widow of 
Capt. Baldwin 40. 00 

To Capt. Samuel Hendry 25 . 00 

To Susan Armstrong, widow of the Revd. James 
F. Armstrong, to be placed in the hands of General 

Beatty, for her use 75 -oo 

Recommendations adopted. 

1817. 

The Standing Committee begs leave to recommend that the following 
sums be appropriated for charitable purposes, viz : 

To Col. Wessel T. Stout ; Mrs. Elmer, widow of Capt. Eli Elmer, 
for herself and children, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Giles for their 
use; Mrs. Brooks, for herself and children, to be placed in the hands of 
Genl. Elmer, for their use; Mrs. Armstrong, widow of the Revd. Mr. Arm- 
strong, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Beatty; Miss H. L. Baldwin, for 
her sister Margarette Baldwin, daughter of the late Capt. Baldwin, to be 
placed in the hands of Genl. Gumming; Capt. Samuel Hendry, to be placed 
in the hands of Genl. Bloomfield ; and Col. Ephraim Whitlock, $60 each ; and 
Mrs. Mary Bowen, widow of Lieut. Bowen, for herself, to be placed in the 
hands of Genl. Giles, $40. They were appropriated. 

1818. 

The Standing Committee begs leave to recommend that the following 
sums be appropriated for charitable purposes, viz : 

To Mrs. Armstrong, widow of the Revd. Mr. Armstrong, $100, to be 

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placed in the hands of Genl. Beatty; Mrs. Elmer, widow of Capt. Eli Elmer, 
for herself and children, $80, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Giles. To 
Mrs. Mary Bowen, widow of Lieut. Bowen, for herself, to be placed in the 
hands of Genl. Giles; and Miss H. L. Baldwin, daughter of the late Capt. 
Baldwin, for herself, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Gumming, $60 each. 
They were appropriated. 

1819. 

The Standing Committee begs leave to recommend that the following 
sums be appropriated for charitable purposes. To Mrs. Armstrong, widow 
of the Revd. Mr. Armstrong, $60, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Beatty. 
Mrs. Jane Elmer, widow of Capt. Eli Elmer, for herself and children, to be 
placed in the hands of Genl. Giles, $60. To Mrs. Bowen, widow of Lieut. 
Bowen, for herself, $40, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Giles. To Miss 
H. L. Baldwin, daughter of the late Capt. Baldwin, $40, for herself, to be 
placed in the hands of Genl. Gumming. To Mrs. Lucy Stout, widow of 
the late W. T. Stout, the sum of $60, for herself, to be placed in the hands 
of Major Ballard. They were appropriated. 

1820. 

The Standing Committee begs leave to recommend that the following 
sums be appropriated for charitable purposes. To Mrs. Armstrong, widow 
of the Revd. Mr. Armstrong, $60. To Mrs. Jane Elmer, widow of Capt. Eli 
Elmer, for herself and children, $60, to be placed in the hands of 
Genl. Giles. To Mrs. ]\Iary Bowen, widow of Lieut. Bowen, for herself, 
$40, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Giles; to Miss H. L. Baldwin, 
daughter of the late Capt. Baldwin, $40, to be placed in the hands of 
Genl. Gumming. To Mrs. Lucy Stout, widow of the late Wessel T. Stout, the 
sum of $60, for herself, to be placed in the hands of Major Ballard. They 
were appropriated. 

1821. 

The Committee beg leave to recommend that the following sums be ap- 
propriated for charitable purposes. Mrs. Armstrong, widow of the Revd. Mr. 
Armstrong, $50. Mrs. Bowen, widow of Lieut. Bowen, for herself, $35. Maj- 
or Almarine Brooks, $50. Miss H. L. Baldwin, daughter of Capt. Baldwin, 
$35. Mrs. Lucy Stout, widow of late Wessel T. Stout, $50. Col. Ephraim 
Whitlock, $50. Mrs. Seely, widow of the late Samuel Seely, $35. Captain 
Samuel Hendry, $15, inclusive of such compensation as may be allowed to 
members at the present session. They were appropriated. 

1822. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following sums be ap- 
propriated for charitable purposes. To Mrs. Armstrong, widow of the Revd. 
Mr. Armstrong, $60. Major Almarine Brooks, $60. Mrs. Stout, widow 
of the late Wessel T. Stout. $60. Major Whitlock, $80. Mrs. Seely, widow 
of the late Samuel Seely, $35. Miss Baldwin, daughter of the late Capt. 
Daniel Baldwin, $50. Samuel Hendry, $15. They were appropriated. 

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1823. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following sums be ap- 
propriated for charitable purposes to Mrs. Armstrong, widow of the Revd. 
Mr. Armstrong, $50. Mrs. Stout, widow of the late Wessel T. Stout, the 
sum of $50. Mrs. Seely, widow of the late Samuel Seely, $50. Miss Bald- 
win, daughter of the late Captain Daniel Baldwin, $30. That $50 be appro- 
priated for the use of Major Brooks and family, and to remain in the hands 
of the Treasurer until it is ascertained whether he be restored to the pen- 
sion list, and if so, that the appropriation be rescinded; and if the appropria- 
tions to be made, that the money be paid for their use to Genl. Elmer. The 
recommendations were adopted. 

1824. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following sums be ap- 
propriated for charitable purposes to Mary Hendry, widow of Capt. Samuel 
Hendry, and Sarah Brooks, widow of Major Almarine Brooks, $50 each. 
Mrs. Stout, widow of Wessel T. Stout ; Mrs. Seely, widow of the late Samuel 
Seely; Mrs. Armstrong, widow of the Revd. Mr. Armstrong, $40 each. The 
recommendations were adopted. 

1825. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following sums be ap- 
propriated for charitable purposes to Mary Hendr}', widow of Capt. Samuel 
Hendry; Mrs. Seely, widow of the late Samuel Seely; Mrs. Armstrong, 
widow of the late Revd. Dr. Armstrong; Mrs. Brooks, widow of the late 
Major Almarine Brooks; and Colonel Whitlock, an original member of this 
Society, $40 each. 

1826. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following sums be ap- 
propriated for charitable purposes to Mary Hendry, widow of Capt. Samuel 
Hendry; Mrs. Seely, widow of the late Samuel Seely; Mrs. Armstrong, 
widow of the late Revd. Dr. Armstrong; Mrs. Brooks, widow of the late 
Almarine Brooks; Mrs. Whitlock, widow of the late Col. Ephraim Whit- 
lock; and Mrs. Stout, widow of the late Col. Wessel T. Stout, $40 each. 
Recommendations adopted. 

1827. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following sums be ap- 
propriated for charitable purposes to Mrs. Hendry, widow of Capt. Saml. 
Hendry; Mrs. Seely, widow of the late Samuel Seely; Mrs. Brooks, widow 
of the late Major Almarine Brooks; the two daughters of Col. Whitlock, 
Mrs. Telfair and Elizabeth Whitlock; and Mrs. Armstrong, widow of the 
late Dr. Armstrong, $25 each. Recommendations adopted. 

1828. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following sums be ap- 
propriated for charitable purposes : Mrs. Seely, widow of Samuel Seely ; Mrs. 
Hay, widow of Col. Samuel Hay; Miss E. Whitlock, daughter of Col. E. 

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Whitlock; Mrs. Burrows, widow of Capt. Burrows; Mrs. Brooks, widow of 
Almarine Brooks; Mrs. Armstrong, widow of Revd. Dr. Armstrong; Mrs. 
Hendry, widow of Capt. Hendry ; Mrs. Stout, widow of Capt. Stout ; Miss 
Mary Ann Kinney, daughter of Col. John Kinney and Shephard Kollock, 
$30 each; Major WilHam Shute, $20. 
1829. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following sums be ap- 
propriated for charitable purposes to Mrs. Seely, widow of the late Samuel 
Seely; Mrs. Hendry, widow of Capt. Saml. Hendry; Mrs. Brooks, 
widow of Almarine Brooks; Mrs. Stout, widow of Col. Stout; Mrs. Hay, 
widow of Col. Hay; Mrs. Armstrong, widow of Revd. Dr. Armstrong, Miss 
Whitlock, daughter of Col. Whitlock; and Miss Kinney, daughter of Major 
Kinney, $30 each. Mrs. Barber, widow of George C. Barber, late Secretary, 
$60. Recommendations adopted. 

1830. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following sums be ap- 
propriated for charitable purposes to Mrs. Seely, widow of Samuel C. Seely; 
Mrs. Armstrong; Mrs. Stout, Miss Whitlock, Major John Kinney, and Judge 
Kollock, $15 each. Mrs. Hendry, widow of Capt. Samuel Hendry; Mrs. 
Brooks, widow of Almarine Brooks, and Mrs. Barber, $25 each. Recom- 
mendations adopted. 

1831. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following sums be ap- 
propriated to Mrs. Seely, widow of Saml. C. Seely ; Mrs. Hendry, widow of 
Capt. Saml. Hendry; Mrs. Hay, widow of Col. Saml. Hay; Mrs. Armstrong, 
widow of Revd. Mr. Armstrong; Mrs. Stout, widow of Col. Stout; Mrs. 
Barber, widow of Geo. C. Barber; and Mrs. Brooks, widow of Major 
Brooks, $25 each. 

The Standing Committee recommended to the Society to give an equal 
sum to each of the applicants for their charity and benevolence. They know 
of no measure by which they can discriminate with delicacy and propriety 
among them who are the relicts or the children of their deceased brethern 
and the members of this Society. They take it for granted that none have 
applied or will apply, but such as feel the pressure of want, and they shrink 
from the investigation into the comparative extent of their wants. 

The names of Majors Kinney and Kollock having been struck from the 
list of applicants in the report, it was Resolved, that a special donation of $25 
be allowed to Majors Kinney and Kollock each. Resolved, that the Treas- 
urer be directed to pay to Mrs. Barber out of any monies in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25, a special donation as a small 
testimony of our respect for her worth and our sympathy with her bereavement. 
Recommendations adopted. 

1832. 

The Standing Committee do recommend that the charities and donations 
of the Society be distributed to the following applicants, viz : 

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To Mrs. Seely, widow of Samuel C. Seely; Mrs. Hendry, widow of 
Capt. Samuel Hendry; Mrs. Armstrong-, widow of the Revd. Dr. Arm- 
strong; Mrs. Barber, widow of George C. Barber; Mrs. Brooks, widow of 
Major Brooks, and Major John Kinney 

The Standing Committee in obedience to the order of the Society, have 
specified no sums to the above respective names. They repeat that they are 
unable, from delicacy and feeling to make any discrimination. The sacred 
fund of benevolence created by the sympathies and nurtured by the care of 
the officers of the Revolution and their descendants and successors was in- 
tended to relieve the distresses and the feelings of their widows and children 
in all tenderness and delicacy; and in this spirit of delicacy, the committee 
shrink from the investigation into the comparative extent of their wants. 

Resolved, that a donation of Thirty dollars be given to each of the per- 
sons named in the report, and that thirty dollars be presented by this Society 
to Mrs. Barber as a further and special donation. 

1834. 

In consequence of the smallness of the funds of the Society the Commit- 
tee decline making to the Society any recommendations for relief. The 
Society appropriated to Eliza D. Whitlock. daughter of Col. Whitlock, $25 ; 
Mary Ann Kinney, daughter of Major John Kinney, $20; Mrs. Brooks, 
widow of Major Almarine Brooks, $25 ; Mrs. Barber, widow of Geo. C. 
Barber, $35; Mrs. Armstrong, widow of James F. Armstrong; Miss Mary 
De Hart, daughter of Capt. Cyrus De Hart, and Mrs. Hendry, widow of 
Capt. Hendry, $25 each. 

1835- 

The Standing Committee report that the following applications have 
been made to them for relief: Miss Elizabeth D. Whitlock, daughter of Col. 
Whitlock; Miss Sproul, daughter of Capt. Sproul; Mrs. Abby Hendry, 
widow of Dr. Hendry; Mrs. Mary C. Barber, widow of Geo. C. Barber, 
Esq. ; Mrs. L. Armstrong, widow of Jas. F. Armstrong ; Mrs. Brooks, widow 
of Major A. Brooks; Mrs. Seely, widow of Capt. Seely; Miss De Hart, 
daughter of Capt. De Hart; Miss Mary Ann Kinney, daughter of Col. J. 
Kinney and William Hyer, $25 was appropriated to each. 

1836. 

The Standing Committee recommend that $40 be appropriated to the 
following persons for relief: Mrs. Armstrong, widow of Revd. Mr. Arm- 
strong; Miss Whitlock, daughter of Col. Whitlock; Mrs. Abby Hendry, 
widow of Dr. Hendry; Mrs. Barber, widow of Geo. C. Barber; Miss De 
Hart, daughter of Capt. Cyrus De Hart, and Mr. Hyer. Report adopted. 

1837- 

The Standing Committee recommend that $30 be given the following 
applicants to who have made applications to them for relief: Miss Seely, 
daughter of Lieut. Saml. Seely ; Mrs. Barber, widow of George Barber ; Miss 
Whitlock, daughter of Major Whitlock; Miss De Hart, daughter of Capt. 

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De Hart; Mrs. Hendry, widow of Dr. Hendry; Miss Kinney, daughter of 
Dr. John Kinney; Miss Phebe Ogden, daughter of C. S. Ogden and Mr. 
William Hyer. Report adopted. 

1838. 

The Standing Committee recommend that $25 be donated to the follow- 
ing applicants who have made application to them for relief, to wit : Mrs. 
Barber, widow of Geo. C. Barber; Mrs. Williamson, daughter of Major 
Wm. Shute; Mrs. Seely; Mrs. Hendry; Miss Whitlock; Miss De Hart; 
Miss Ogden, daughter of Col. Ogden ; Miss Stout, daughter of Col. W. T. 
Stout ; Miss Reckless, daughter of A. W. Reckless ; Wm. Hyer ; Miss Sproul, 
daughter of Moses Sproul, and Miss Kinney, daughter of Colonel Kinney. 

Report adopted. 

1839. 

The following applications for relief have been made to your Standing 
Committee and they would recommend them as worthy and deserving of the 
relief they seek : 

Miss Nancy Reckless; Mrs. J. Williamson; Miss Sprowles; Mrs. Seely; 
the daughter of Col. Whitlock; Mrs. Rachael Lloyd; Mrs. Hendry; Wm. 
Hyer; Miss Ogden; Miss De Hart; Mrs. Barber; Miss Kinney; Miss Stout; 
Mrs. Harriet H. Armstrong, and they recommend that the donations be made 
accordingly. They further report that if their estimates are correct, the 
sum of $22 will be the amount of each donation, besides the sum of $5 to Col. 
Whitlock who is attending at this time under peculiar circumstances. 

1840. 

The Standing Committee recommend that $121 be donated to the fol- 
lowing applicants who have made applications to them for relief: Mrs. J. 
Williamson, Miss Jane Shute, Miss Sarah Thomas, Miss Sproules, Mrs. 
Nancy Reckless, Mrs. Chandler, daughter of Col. Whitlock; Mrs. Hendry, 
Miss Ogden, Mrs. Barber, Miss De Hart, Miss Stout, Mrs. Harriet H. 
Armstrong, Mr. Wm. Hyer, and Mrs. Rachel Lloyd. Recommendations 
adopted. Also $6 to Mr. Whitlock. 

1841. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following receive 
the sum of $20: Miss Stout, Miss S. Thomas, Mrs. Chandler, daughter of 
Col. Whitlock; Miss Sprouls, Miss N. Reckless, Mrs. Hendry, Miss P. Ogden, 
Mrs. M. Barber, Miss M. E. De Hart, Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. H. Armstrong, Mrs. 
Hyer, widow of Wm. Hyer. Recommendations adopted. 

1842. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following persons re- 
ceive each the sum of $25 : Miss S. Thomas ; Mrs. Chandler, daughter of 
Col. Whitlock: Miss Stout; Miss Sprouls: Miss M. Reckless: Miss P. A. 
Ogden; Mrs. M. Barber; Miss M. E. De Hart; Mrs. H. Armstrong; Mrs. 
Hyer; Mrs. Lloyd, and Mrs. Patton. Recommendations adopted. 

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1843- 

The Standing Committee recommends that each of the following per- 
sons receive the sum of $23 each, viz: 

Miss Thomas; Mrs. Chandler and Mrs. Powers; Miss Stout; Miss 
Sprouls; Miss Reckless; Miss Ogden; Mrs. Barber; Miss De Hart; Mrs. 
Armstrong; Mrs. Hyer; Mrs. Lloyd; Mrs. Patton, and Mrs. Bayard. 
Recommendations adopted. 

1844. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following per- 
sons receive the sum of $23 each : 

Miss Thomas; Mrs. Chandler and Mrs. Powers; Miss Stout; Miss 
Sproul; Miss Reckless; Miss Ogden; Mrs. Barber; Miss De Hart; Mrs. 
Armstrong; Mrs. Hyer; Mrs. Lloyd; Mrs. Patton; Mrs. Bayard, and Mr. 
Wm. B. Heard. Recommendations adopted. 

1845- 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 
receive the sum of $20, viz. : 

Miss Thomas, Wm. Whitlock, Miss Stout, Miss Sprouls, Miss Reckless, 
Miss Ogden, Mrs. Barber, Miss De Hart, Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Hyer, 
Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Patton, and Mrs. Bayard. Recommendations adopted. 

1846. 

_ The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 
receive the sum of $23. 

Miss Thomas, Wm. Whitlock, Miss Stout, Miss Sproules, Miss Reck- 
less, Miss P. A. Ogden, Mrs. Mary Barber, Miss M. E. De Hart, Mrs. Hyer, 
Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. A. B. Patton, Mrs. C. Bayard and Mrs. H. Armstrong. 
Recommendations adopted. 

1847. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following per- 
sons receive $23, and that William V. Hurd receive an extra donation of $15. 

Miss Thomas, William Whitlock, Miss Stout, Mis'S Sproules, Miss 
Reckless, Miss Ogden, Mrs. Barber, Miss De Hart, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. 
Hyer, Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Patton and Mrs. Bayard. Recommendations 
adopted. 

1848. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following persons re- 
ceive $2^, and that the name of Elvia be substituted for Ann Reckless, now 
deceased, and that Jane Butler, granddaughter of Capt. Cyrus De Hart, is 
also recommended by the Committee to receive a like sum. 

Miss Thomas, William Whitlock, Miss Stout, Miss Sprouls, Miss Elvia 
Reckless. Miss Ogden, Mrs. Barber, Miss De Hart, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. 
Hyer, Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Bayard, and Miss Butler. Wm. V. 
Hurd $15, and A. F. Walker $10. Recommendations adopted. 

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i849- 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 
receive the sum of $15: Miss Thomas, Mr. Wm. Whitlock, Miss Stout, Miss 
Sprouls, Miss E. Reckless, Miss Ogden, Miss De Hart, Mrs. Armstrong, 
Mrs. Hyer, Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Bayard, Miss Butler, Mrs. Bar- 
ber, Mrs. M. R. C. Williamson and Miss Amelia G. Dayton to receive jointly 
.$15, and Miss Eliza Dayton and Miss Sally Dayton to receive jointly $15, 
and William V. Hurd and Francis Barber to receive respectively $15. 
Recommendations adopted. 

1850. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the follow^ing persons 
receive the sum of $23 : 

Miss Thomas, Wm. Whitlock, Miss Stout, Miss Sproules, Miss Reck- 
less, Miss Ogden, Mrs. Barber, Miss De Hart, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Hyer, 
Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Kollock, Miss Butler, Mrs. M. R. William- 
son, Miss A. G. Dayton jointly, and Miss S. Dayton. William V. Hurd, $15. 
Recommendations adopted. 

1851. 

The Standing Committee recommend that donations of $20 be made 
to each of the following persons : 

Miss Thomas, to be paid to Geo. C. Thomas; William Whitlock, paid 
to himself: Miss Stout, paid to R. M. Stout; Miss Sproul, paid to Wm. 
Lloyd; Miss Reckless, paid to R. M. Stout; Miss Ogden, paid to Matts. 
Ogden; Mrs. Barber, paid to F. Barber; Miss De Hart, paid to Mr. De 
Hart to F. Barber; Mrs. Armstrong, to herself; Mrs. Hyer, to Alex. C. 
Hyer; Mrs. Lloyd, to Wm. Lloyd; Mrs. Kollock, to J. McDowell, Jr., Miss 
Butler to F. Barber; Mrs. M. R. Williamson and Amelia G. Dayton, to 
Matts. Ogden; and Miss Sally Dayton, to F. Barber. 

It appears that the donation of $23, ordered last year to Mrs. A. B. 
Patton in consequence of her decease shortly after the meeting of the Society 
has not been paid, and the Committee, being satisfied that Mrs. H. C. Patton 
had the charge of and provided for Mrs. A. B. Patton up to the time of her 
decease, recommend that the Treasurer be directed to pay the said donation 
to Mrs. H. C. Patton. Recommendations adopted. 

1852. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 
receive the sum of $17. 

Miss Thomas. William Whitlock, Miss Sproules, Miss Reckless, Miss 
Stout, Miss Ogden, Mrs. Barber, Miss De Hart, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Hyer, 
Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Kollock, Miss Butler, Mrs. Williamson, and Miss A. G. 
Dayton (jointly) and Miss Sally Dayton. William V. Hurd, $15. 

They also recommend that there be paid to Geo. C. Thomas the sum 
of $17 for Mrs. H. C. Patton. Recommendations adopted. 

1853- 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 

be paid the sum of $19: 

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Miss Thomas, Miss Stout, Miss Whitlock, Miss Sprowls. Miss Reckless, 
Miss Ogden, Miss Barber, Miss De Hart, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Hyer, Mrs. 
Lloyd, Mrs. Kollock, Miss Butler, Mrs. M. R. C. Williamson, and Amelia 
G. C. Dayton (jointly) and Miss Sally Dayton. Recommendations adopted. 

1854. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 
receive the sum of ^22 : 

Miss Thomas, Miss Stout, Miss Reckless, Miss Ogden, Mrs. Barber, Miss 
DeHart, Mrs. Armstrong. Mrs. Hyer, Miss Lloyd, Miss Butler, Mrs. M. R. C. 
Williamson and A. G. Dayton (jointly). Miss Sally Dayton, Misses E. C. 
and P. A. O. Barber (jointly), and Mrs. Kollock. Recommendations 
adopted. 

1855- 

The Standing Committee report that there will be available the present 

year for donations the sum of $270 and they recommend that it be divided 

equally among each of the following persons: 

Miss Thomas, Miss Stout, Miss Reckless, Miss Ogden, Mrs. Barber, 
Miss DeHart, Mrs. Hyer, Miss Lloyd, Mis? Butler, Mrs. Williamson and 
Miss A. G. Dayton (jointly). Miss Sally Dayton, Misses E. C. Barber and 
P. A. O. Barber (jointly), Mrs. Kollock, Mrs. Buck. 

Mrs. Buck, widow of John Buck, late deceased, and formerly a member 
of this Society, having through Lucius Q. C. Elmer applied to this Society 
for relief, she being in indigent circumstances with two small children ; the 
committee recommend that her name be placed on the list of the recipients of 
this Society for relief. The Committee recommend that a donation of $18 be 
paid to George Whitlock, son of Col. Ephraim Whitlock, late deceased, for- 
merly an original member of this society, he having made application for 
relief, and that the same be paid to George C. Thomas. Recommendations 
adopted. 

1856. 

The Standing Committee report that the sum of $340 will be available 
tor donations, and they recommend that it be divided equally among the fol- 
lowing persons : 

Miss Thomas. Miss Stout, Miss Buck, Miss Ogden, Mrs. Barber, Miss 
De Hart, Mrs. Williamson, Mrs. Amelia C. Dayton, Miss E. C. Barber, and 
Phoebe A. C. Barber, Mrs. Hyer, Mrs. Kollock. Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. R. 
Buck, Mrs. Whitlock, Mrs. Lloyd and Miss Sally Dayton. Recommenda- 
tions adopted. 

1857- 

The Standing Committee recommend that the followmg persons receive 

$20 each : 

Miss Thomas, Miss Stout. Miss Reckless. Miss Ogden, Miss DeHart, 
Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Hyer, Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Kollock, Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Arm- 
strong, Mrs. Mary Ann Powers, Mrs. W. D. Spencer, Miss Sally Dayton. 

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The following persons to receive $io each: Mrs. M. R. C. Williamson, 
Amelia C. Dayton, Elizabeth C. Barber, and P. A. C. Barber. Recommenda- 
tions adopted. 

1858. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following persons receive 
$20 each : 

Miss Thomas, Miss Stout, Miss Reckless, Miss Ogden, Mrs. Barber, Miss 
De Hart, Mrs. Hyer, Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Powers, Mrs. Kollock, Mrs. Buck, 
Miss Sally Dayton, and Mrs. Armstrong. 

The following persons to receive $10 each : Mrs. Williamson, Miss Amelia 
C. Dayton, Miss Elizabeth C. Barber and Miss Phoebe A. C. Barber. Recom- 
mendations adopted. 

1859. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following persons receive 
the sum of $20 each : 

Miss Thomas, Mrs. Powers, Mrs. Kollock, Mrs. Hyer, Mrs. Armstrong, 
Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Eleanor F. Lloyd and Susan P. Lloyd (jointly), Mrs. Bar- 
ber, Elizabeth C. Barber and Phoebe A. C. Barber (jointly), Miss Sally Day- 
ton, Mrs. Williamson and Mrs. Amelia C. Dayton (jointly), Mrs. Stout, Miss 
Reckless, Miss Ogden, and Miss DeHart. 

Mrs. Rachel Lloyd having died since the meeting of the Society, her 
daughter?, Eleanor F. and Susan P. Lloyd, having made application to re- 
ceive the donation formerly received by their mother, the Standing Committee 
recommend the same to be allowed. Dr. Lewis Dunham, having deceased 
since the last meeting of the Society, and Mrs. Dunham, his wife, having ap- 
plied for assistance from this Society, the Standing Committee recommend 
that her name be placed on the list of beneficiaries after this year. Recom- 
mendations adopted. 

i860. 

The Committee report that the sum of $12 each will be available for do- 
nations the present year and they recommend that each of the following per- 
sons receive the aforesaid sum : 

Miss S. Thomas, Mrs. Whitlock, Mrs. Kollock, Mrs. Hyer, Mrs. Arm- 
strong, Mrs. Buck, The Misses Lloyd, Mrs. Barber, The Mises Barber, Miss 
Sallie Dayton and Mrs. Sterling (jointly), Mrs. Williamson and Miss A. C. 
Dayton (jointly). Miss Stout, Miss Reckless, Miss Ogden, Miss De Hart, 
Mrs. Dr. Dunham, Miss Harriet Pennington. Matthias Ogden to receive 
$10. Recommendations adopted. 

1861. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 
receive $10: 

Miss Sallie Thomas, Mrs. Whitlock, Mrs. Kollock, Mrs. Hyer, Mrs. 
Armstrong, Mrs. Buck, Miss Lloyd, Mrs. Barber, Misses Barber, Miss Day- 
ton and Mrs. Sterling (jointly), Mrs. Williamson and Miss A. C. Dayton 

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(jointly), Miss Stout, Miss Reckless, Miss Ogden, Miss DeHart, Miss Pen- 
nington, Mrs. Dunham, and Mrs. P. C. Hay. Jos. E. Bloomfield to receive 
for this year $io. Recommendations adopted. 

1862. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 
receive $10: 

Miss Sally Thomas, Miss Helen Stout, The Misses Lloyd, Mrs. Whit- 
lock, Mrs. Kollock, Mrs. Hyer, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Buck, 
Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss Sallie Dayton and Mrs. Sterling (jointly). Miss 
Amelia Dayton and Mrs. Williamson (jointly), Miss Reckless, Miss Phoebe 
Ogden, Miss DeHart, Mrs. Dunham, Miss Pennington and Francis Barber. 

The Committee recommend that hereafter no new names be added to the 
list of beneficiaries unless satisfactory evidence is produced to show the ab- 
solute need of the applicant. Recommendations adopted. 

1863. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 
receive $20 each : 

Miss Sallie Thomas, Miss Helen Stout, The Misses Lloyd, Miss Whit- 
lock, Mrs. Kollock, Mrs. Hyer, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Barber, Miss Sallie Dayton and Mrs. Sterling (jointly). Miss Amelia Day- 
ton and Mrs. Williamson (jointly). Miss Reckless, Miss Phoebe Ogden, 
Mrs. De Hart, Mrs. Dunham, Miss Pennington, and Mrs. P. C. Hay. 
Recommendations adopted. 

1864. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 
receive $25 each : 

Mrs. Hyer, Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Kollock, Miss Sally Thomas, Mrs. Arm- 
strong, Miss A. Dayton, Miss Phoebe Ogden, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss 
Dayton and Mrs. Sterling (jointly). Miss DeHart, Mrs. C. E. Hay, Miss 
Reckless, Miss H. Stout, The Misses Lloyd, Mrs. Dunham, Miss Penning- 
ton, and Mrs. Lot. Recommendations adopted. 

1865. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 
receive $25 each : 

Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Kollock, Mrs. C. E. Hay, Miss A. 
Dayton, Miss Phoebe Ogden, Miss E. Barber, Miss Mary DeHart, Sallie 
Dayton and Mrs. Sterling (jointly), Mrs. Reckless. Miss Stout, the Misses 
Lloyd, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Dunham, Miss Pennington. The donation to Mr. 
Hyer, funeral expenses of his mother, $50. Recommendations adopted. 

1866. 

The Standing Committee recommend that each of the following persons 
be given the sum of $25 : Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Kollock, Mrs. C. E. Hay, 
Miss Dayton, Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Hay, Mrs. Dunham, Mrs. Lott, Miss Barber, 

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Miss De Hart, Sallie Dayton and Mrs. Sterling (jointly), Miss Reckless, 
Miss Stout, Miss Lloyd, and Miss Thomas. Recommendations adopted. 

1867. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following persons receive 
$25 each : 

Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Kollock, Mrs. C. E. Hay, Mrs. Dun- 
ham, Miss Amelia Dayton, Mrs. Elizabeth Barber, Miss Mary DeHart, Miss 
Reckless, Miss H. Stout, The Misses Lloyd, Miss G. Thomas, Miss Alice 
Ogden, Miss S. Dayton and Mrs. Sterling (jointly), and Alexander Hyer. 
Recommendations adopted. 

1868. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following persons receive 
$25 each : Mrs. Armstrong, Miss Eliza Barber, Miss Mary De Hart, Miss 
S. Dayton and Mrs. Sterling (jointly). The Misses Lloyd, Miss Amelia Day- 
ton, Mrs. C. E. Hay, Mrs. Dunham, Miss G. Thomas, Mrs. Kollock, Miss 
Reckless, Miss H. Stout, Mrs. Buck, Francis Barber, Charles F. Hendry, and 
Alex. M. Gumming. Recommendations adopted. 

1869. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following person^' receive 
$25 each : 

Miss Amelia G. Dayton, the Misses Lloyd, Mrs. C. E. Hay, Miss S. 
Dayton and Mrs. Sterling (jointly). Miss Eliza Barber, Miss Mary DeHart, 
Mrs. Lewis Dunham, Miss G. Thomas, Miss Reckless, Miss H. Stout, Miss 
Alice Ogden, Miss Mary E. Beatty, Mrs. Buck, Mrs. E. W. Lott, Alex. M. 
Gumming, and Mrs. John McDowell, Jr., the sum of $50. Recommendations 
adopted. 

1870. 

The Standing Committee recommend that donations be distributed as 
follows: $20 to Mrs. John Buck, Miss Amelia C. Dayton, the Misses Lloyd, 
Mrs. C. E. Hay, Miss S. Dayton and Mrs. Sterling (jointly). Miss Eliza 
Barber, Miss Mary De Hart, Mrs. Lewis Dunham, Miss G. Thomas, Miss 
Eliza Reckless, Miss H. Stout, Miss Alice Ogden, Mrs. E. W. Lott, Mrs. 
Harriet H. Armstrong, and Miss Julia Pennington. 

$12.50 to Francis Barber, Chas. F. Hendry, and Alex. M. Gumming. 
Recommendations adopted. 

1871. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following persons receive 
$25 each : 

Mrs. E. B. D. Ogden, Miss Amelia C. Dayton, Mrs. C. A. Dunham, 
Mrs. John Buck, The Misses Lloyd, Mrs. E. W. Lott, Mrs. Mary Green, Mrs. 
Harriet H. Armstrong, Miss Mary DeHart, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss 
Sallie Dayton, Mrs. C. E. Hay, and Miss Julia A. Pennington. Recommenda- 
tions adopted. 

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1872. 

The Standing Committee recommend that the following persons receive 

$25: 

Mrs. Mary Green, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Allen, Mr?. E. C. Hay, Miss A. G. 
Dayton, Miss Elizabeth W. Scott, Miss Julia A. Pennington, Mrs. John Buck, 
The Misses Lloyd, Mrs. Mary De Hart, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss Sarah 
O. Dayton, Miss G. Thomas, Miss Eliza J. Reckless, Mrs. Alice Ogden, Mrs. 
C. A. Dunham, and Alex. M. Gumming. Recommendations adopted. 

1873- 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the following persons re- 
ceive $25. 

Mrs. Rebecca T. Buck, the Misses Eleanor and Susan Lloyd (jointly), 
Mrs. E. C. Hay, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Scott, Mrs. E. F. Allen, Miss Amelia G. 
Dayton, Miss Julia Pennington, Mrs. C. Dunham, Miss Mary De Hart, Mrs. 
E. W. Lott, Mrs. Alice De Hart Ogden, Miss Sallie Dayton, Miss Elizabeth 
Barber, Miss Mary A. Thomas and Miss Eliza Reckless. Recommendations 
adopted. 

1874. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the following persons re- 
ceive $25 each ; 

Miss Mary DeHart, Miss Sally Dayton, Mrs. Alice Ogden, Mrs. E. T. 
Allen, Mrs. C. A. Dunham, Mrs. R. T. Buck, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss 
Mary Thomas, Miss Julia A. Pennington, Misses E. and S. Lloyd, Mrs. E. 
W. Lott, and Miss Reckless. Recommendations adopted. 

1875-^ 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $25 be appropri- 
ated to each of the following persons : 

Mrs. R. T. Buck. Mrs. E. W. Lott, Misses Lloyd, Miss Sallie Dayton, 
Miss Mary Thomas. Miss Mary Gumming, Mrs. C. A. Dunham, Miss J. A. 
Pennington, Mrs. E. F. Allen, Miss Mary DeHart,, Miss Elizabeth Barber, 
Mrs. Alice Ogden, Miss Eliza J. Reckless. Recommendations adopted. 

1876. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $25 be appropri- 
ated to each of the following persons : 

Miss Mary Gumming, Miss Eliza J. Reckless, Miss Mary A. Shute, Mrs. 
Elizabeth W. Lott, Mrs. C. A. Dunham, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Allen, Miss Mary 
DeHart, Miss Sallie Dayton, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss Mary Thomas, 
Mrs. Alice DeHart Ogden, the Misses Eleanor and Susan Lloyd, and Miss 
Julia Pennington. Recommendation adopted. 

The application of Mrs. Rebecca T. Buck being received after the report 
of the Standing Committee had been acted upon, on motion it was unanimously 
resolved, that her name be added to the list and the Treasurer instructed 
accordingly. 

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i877. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $25 be appropri- 
ated to the following persons : 

Mrs. E. W. Lott, Julia A. Pennington, Mary Gumming, R. T. Buck, 
Elizabeth Allen, Elizabeth J. Reckless, Ellen and Susan Lloyd, Mary DeHart, 
Sally Dayton, Mary Shute, Elizabeth Barber, Mary Thomas, Mrs. Alice Og- 
den and Mrs. C. A. Dunham. Recommendations adopted. 

1878. 

Your Standing Committee recommend the following persons as bene- 
ficiaries of this Society, and that $25 be appropriated to each: 

Miss Julia Pennington, Mis'S Sally C. Dayton, Miss Elizabeth Barber, 
Miss Mary DeHart, Miss Mary Gumming, Miss Mary Thomas, Mrs. C. A. 
Dunham, Mrs. John Buck, Mrs. E. F. Allen, Mrs. E. W. Lott, Mrs. Alice 
Ogden, the Misses Lloyd and Miss Eliza J. Reckless. Recommendations 
adopted. 

1879. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $25 be appropri- 
ated to each of the following persons : 

The Mi^'ses Lloyd, Miss Mary A. Thomas, Miss Sarah O. Dayton, Miss 
Mary E. DeHart, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss Alice Ogden, Miss Julia A. 
Pennington, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Allen, Mrs. G. A. Dunham, Miss E. J. Reck- 
less, Miss Mary Gumming, Mrs. E. W. Lott, and Mrs. John Buck. Recom- 
mendations adopted. 

1880. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $25 be appropri- 
ated to each of the following persons, namely : Mrs. Elizabeth F. Allen. <^he 
Misses Lloyd, Miss Mary Gumming, Miss Julia A. Pennington, Miss Mary 
DeHart, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss Sally O. Dayton, Mrs. C. Dunham, and 
Mrs. Rebecca Buck. Recommendations adopted. 

1881. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $25 be appropri- 
ated to each of the following persons: JMrs. John Buck, the Misses Lloyd, 
Miss Mary DeHart, Miss Sally O. Dayton, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss Julia 
A. Pennington, Mrs. Catharine Dunham and Mrs. Elizabeth F. Allen. 
Recommendations adopted. 

1882. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the su mof $25 be appropri- 
ated to each of the following persons : Mrs. Buck, Miss Mary DeHart, Miss 
Sally Dayton, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss Julia Pennington, Mrs. E. F. 
Allen, the Misses E. and S. Lloyd, Mrs. Dunham, and Miss Mary Gumming. 
Recommendations adopted. 

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1883. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $20 be appropri- 
ated to the following persons, viz : Mrs. E. F. Allen, Miss Julia Pennington, 
Mrs. John Buck, Miss Mary Gumming, Misses Lloyd, Mrs. C. A. Dunham, 
Miss M. DeHart, Miss Sally Dayton, and Miss Elizabeth Barber. Recom- 
mendations adopted. 

1884. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $120 be divided 
among the following persons, viz : Miss Eleanor and Susan Lloyd, Miss 
Sally Dayton, Miss Mary DeHart, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss Julia Pen- 
nington, and Mrs. Catharine Dunham. Recommendations adopted. 

1885. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $120 be appropri- 
ated for donations and that it be divided pro rata among the following 
persons : 

Miss Lloyd, Miss Sally Dayton, Miss Mary DeHart, Miss Elizabeth Bar- 
ber, Miss Julia A. Pennington, and Mrs. Catharine Dunham. Recommenda- 
tions adopted. 

1886. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $100 be appropri- 
ated for donations for the current year, and that it be divided pro rata among 
the following persons : Miss Mary DeHart, Miss Sally Dayton, Miss Eliza- 
beth Barber, Miss Julia A. Pennington, and Miss Eleanor Lloyd. Recom- 
mendations adopted. 

1887. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $100 be appropri- 
ated for donations and that it be divided pro rata among the following per- 
sons : 

Miss Mary DeHart, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Mrs. Catharine Dunham, 
Miss Lloyd, and Miss Julia Pennington. Recommendations adopted. 

1888. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $80 be appropri- 
ated for donations and that it be divided pro rata among the following 
persons : 

Miss Mary DeHart, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Mrs. Catharine Dunham and 
Miss Julia Pennington. Recommendations adopted. 

J 889. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $50 be appropri- 
ated for donations and that it be divided pro rata among the following per- 
sons: Miss Elizabeth Barber and Miss Julia Pennington. Recommenda- 
tion adopted. 

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1890. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that the sum of $50 be appropri- 
ated for donations and that it be divided pro rata among the following per- 
sons: Miss Julia Pennington and Miss Elizabeth Barber. Recommenda- 
tion adopted. 

189 1. 

It was Resolved, that the sum of $50 be appropriated for donations to 
be divided pro rata between the following persons : Miss Julia A. Pennington 
and Miss Elizabeth Barber. 

1892. 

Your Standing Committee recommend that $150 be appropriated for 
donations to be divided pro rata among the following beneficiaries : 

Miss Julia A. Pennington, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss Mary DeHart. 
Recommendation adopted. 

1893. Your Standing Committee recommend that $50 each be donated from 
the funds of the Society to Mrs. William C. DeHart and Miss Elizabeth 
Barber. Recommendation adopted. 

1894. It was Resolved, the the sum of $50 be donated to Miss Elizabeth 
Barber, and that the Treasurer pay the same. 

1895. Your Standing Committee recommend that the Society appropriate 
the sum of $50 to Miss Elizabeth Barber. Recommendation adopted. 

1896. Your Standing Committee would recommend that a donation of $50 
be paid to Miss Elizabeth Barber. Recommendation adopted. 

1897. Your Standing Committee would recommend that a donation of $50 
be paid to Miss Elizabeth Barber. Recommendation adopted. 

1898. Resolved, that the Treasurer be directed to pay to Miss Elizabeth Bar- 
ber $50, to John James Piatt and William Bloomfield each $25, if necessity 
demanded it. 

1899. Resolved, that $50 be donated to Miss Elizabeth Barber. 

1900. Your Standing Committee would recommend that a donation of $50 
be paid to Miss Elizabeth Barber, and that a donation of $25 be made to Mr. 
John James Piatt. Recommendation adopted. 

1901. Your Standing Committee would recommend that the annual dona- 
tion of $50 be made to Miss Elizabeth Barber. Recommendation adopted. 

1902. Resolved, that a donation of $50 be allowed Miss E. Barber and that 
$25 be allowed to Major J. H. Piatt. 

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1903. 

The Standing Committee recommend the following donations, viz : $50 
to Miss Elizabeth Barber and $6 per month to Major J. H. Piatt. Recom- 
mendations adopted. 

1904. 

The Standing Committee recommend the following donations, viz : $75 
Miss Elizabeth Barber. 

That the Treasurer communicate with the Superintendent of the Soldiers' 
Home relative to Major J. H. Piatt, and that the donation of $6 per month 
be paid to Major Piatt at the discretion of the Treasurer. Recommendations 
adopted. 

1905. 

The Standing Committee recommend that Miss Elizabeth Barber receive 
the customary donation of $75. That Major Piatt be paid at the discretion 
of the Treasurer, $6 per month. Recommendations adopted. 

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MISCELLANEOUS. 

Certain charges of ungentlemanly conduct being alleged against Captain 
Alexander Mitchell, it was agreed that he be cited by the Secretary to appear 
at the next meeting of the Society to answer to the said charges and that 
in the meantime the diploma and Order of the Society be with-holden from 
him. 

Ordered, that it be recommended to the members of the Society who 
have served in the line of the army, at all meetings of the Society to wear 
the proper uniform of the Jersey line. 

The President was requested to write to the honorary members and ac- 
quaint them with their appointment. 

1785- 

The Society met according to adjournment, and finding that some mem- 
bers had absented themselves without leave, took the same into consideration 
and after some time spent thereon, reported that no members hereafter shall 
absent themselves from the Society after their session has begun without leave 
first obtained of the Society, if sitting, or of the President in the recess of the 
Society, until it be regularly adjourned for the session, under the penalty of 
four dollars. 

The Society went into the consideration of the report made by the com- 
mittee respecting the alterations and amendments of the original institution 
made by the general Society, and after some time spent therein, it was agreed 
to postpone the determination till the next meeting. 

A motion was made and seconded that the President be empowered and 
instructed to correspond with the Presidents of the State Societies on the 
subject of proposed alterations in the institution previous to the next annual 
meeting, for the purpose of finally determining on the said alterations; and 
that the President be authorized to call a special meeting if he shall judge it 
necessary, which was carried in the affirmative. 

1786. 

The institution of the Society was read agreeably to order. 

On motion it was agreed that the Revd. Mr. Hunter be requested to pro- 
cure 80 diplomas on parchment agreeable to the institution, and that every 
member advance him one dollar for defraying the expenses arising thereon. 
And that each member, who is not present, and who has not made the ad- 
vance, do it previous to his receiving his diploma. 

The Committee appointed to reclaim instructions for the representatives 
of this State meeting in the General Society to be held on the first Monday 
in May next, upon deliberate consideration, are of opinion that unless charters 
of incorporation be obtained from the legislatures of the respective states, the 
Society of Cincinnati must by the common course of nature, in a few years 
be at an end, therefor in order to place the future existence of the Society 
upon a more stable foundation your committee beg leave to report the follow- 
ing draught of instructions for the representatives. 

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To Jonathan Dayton, Esqr., the Honorable David Brearly, Esqr., EHas 
Boudinot, Joseph Bloomfield and David Foreman, Esquires, representatives of 
the Cincinnati of the State of New Jersey in General Society. 

Gentlemen : 

Although this Society have agreed to adopt the Institution of the Soci- 
ety of the Cincinnati as altered and amended at their first general meeting, yet 
we are of opinion that some more effectual mode for perpetuating the same 
should be fallen on than that proposed; we do, therefore, instruct you Gen- 
tlemen to concur in or propose and by all proper means which may be in 
your power, endeavor to obtain such an amendment to the institution of the 
General Society, that in case of the death or expulsion of any of the present 
members thereof, provision may be made for the supplying such vacancy by 
an election to be made by the state meeting of that state wherein the same 
shall happen, at their next or some subsequent meeting thereafter 
Which was unanimously agreed to. 

Resolved, that the Vice-President be appointed to write to the several 
state Societies and inform them that the Society of this State has adopted the 
institution as altered and amended at the general meeting of the Society, of 
the Cincinnati in May, 1784, and to accompany the same with the instructions 
this Society has given their representatives in the next meeting of the General 
Society. 

1787. 

The Committee appointed for the purpose of taking into consideration 
the proceedings of the last general meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati 
and report what is necessary to be done thereon by this State Society previous 
to the next general meeting, beg leave to report : 

I. That this State Society make provision for the payment of their pro- 
portion of three thousand and fourteen dollars to the Secretary General of the 
Society agreeably to the rule of appointment, established by them at their last 
general meeting, it being the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars and sixty- 
three ninetieths of a dollar, and that the said sum be transmitted on or before 
the first day of September next for the purpose of discharging certain debts 
incurred in France on account of the Society as stated in the proceedings of 
the general meeting. 

II. That this State Society empower their delegates at the next general 
meeting to agree upon and finally to establish all such alterations as may be 
necessary in the Constitution of the society. 

III. That this State Society be punctual in communicating to the next 
general meeting a fair and accurate return of their respective members prop- 
erly authenticated, and that this State Society do in all things strictly con- 
form to the principles of the Institution. Report was accepted. 

Resolved, that the Secretary be punctual hereafter in communicating to 
each general meeting a fair and accurate return of the members of this So- 
ciety properly authenticated. 

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Resolved, that the Treasurer keep a book of debtor and creditor of every 
member and present the same at next meeting together with an extract of 
dehnquent members and a fair roll of all the members of this Society. 

1788. 

Resolved, that the diplomas remaining on hand be deposited with the 
Treasurer and be by him filled up and delivered to the members who have not 
yet received them, on their paying their quota of all arrears due to the Society. 

The Committee appointed to consider the letter from the members of the 
General Society made the following report : 

I. That this State Society empower their delegates at the next general 
meeting to agree upon and finally to establish all such regulations as may be 
deemed necessary in the constitution of the Society. 

II. That this Society do approve the conduct of their delegates who 
attended at Philadelphia in May last. 

III. That the Treasurer make report in what manner he has applied the 
money directed by this Society at their last meeting to be paid to the Secre- 
tary General for the purpose of discharging certain debts incurred in France 
on account of the Society. The above report was agreed. 

The said Committee also made the following report : 

I. That every member who has signed the Institution be charged with 
a month's pay. 

II. That every such member be also charged with his proportion of the 
expenses assessed at each meeting. 

III. That when a member certified to the Society that he has resided 
in another State, and attended as a member of the State Society of that State, 
he shall have credit for the sums charged against him during such residence 
and attendance there. 

IV. That when a member who has signed the Institution in another 
State join the Society, he shall be charged with his proportion of the expenses 
assessed since the time of his having joined. Resolved, that the above report 
be agreed to. 

Resolved, that Col. Brearley, Major Bloomfield and Mr. Hunter be a 
committee to revise and correct the minutes of this Society from its beginning 
to the present day, that after such revision and correction they shall be 
transcribed in a book to be prepared for that purpose by the Secretary. 

1789. 

Resolved, that the Secretary be requested to invite the members of the 
late American Army who are now in town to walk in procession with the 
Society. 

Ordered, that the Secretary procure a suitable book for recording the 
transactions of this Society, and that he make a fair transcript of the minutes 
as revised and corrected as soon as convenient. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Col. Frelinghuy- 
sen for his oration and that a copy be presented and preserved in the archives 
of the Society. 

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I790. 

A letter from Col. Frelinghuysen enclosing a copy of the oration was 
read and agreeably to the resolve of last meeting, the oration was laid up 
among the archives of the Society. 

A circular letter from the Secretary General was read and ordered to 
be filed. 

Captain Dayton, who was appointed to deliver an oration before the 
Society at this meeting having informed the Society that he was unavoidably 
prevented by indisposition, Resolved unanimously that his reason be deemed 
satisfactory. 

Ordered, that the Secretary transmit to the Secretary-General an accurate 
return of the persons composing this State Society as soon as it can be con- 
veniently completed. 

Ordered, that the Standing Committee meet at four o'clock on Saturday 
afternoon preceding the next meeting of this Society at Elizabeth Town. 

Resolved, that the Revd. Dr. J. F. Armstrong be requested to accept the 
thanks of this Society for his excellent discourse and that he be desired to 
furnish the Society with a copy to be deposited among the archives. 

1791. 

Resolved unanimously, that mourning consisting of a crape or ribband 
on the left arm be worn during thirty days from this time as testimony of 
affection to the memory of General Ogden and Col. Brearly, late members of 
this Society, deceased since the last meeting; and that in case of the death of 
any member, the presiding officer give public notice that mourning be worn 
by the Society during the time mentioned above. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be given to Captain Dayton for 
his excellent oration, and that he furnish the Society with a copy to be 
deposited among the archives. 

A circular letter from the Secretary-General enclosing six copies of 
the proceedings of the late extra-general meeting was read together with 
the proceedings, whereupon unanimously resolved, that the delegates from this 
Society to the next general meeting be fully empowered to agree upon and 
finally establish all such alterations as may be thought necessary in the gen- 
eral constitution of the Cinncinnati. and that any amendments or alterations 
in the Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati which may be concurred in 
by the representatives of nine states in the next general meeting shall be obli- 
gatory upon and inviolably observed by this Society, although not therein 
represented, and that this resolve duly authenticated be transmitted to the 
Secretary General. 

Resolved, that the Treasurer write to every member in arrears to make 
immediate payment of their respective sums due to the Society. 

Resolved, that it be the duty of the Standing Committee and that it be 
enjoined upon them to examine into and report annually, the state of the 
Treasurer's accounts, who is hereby required to produce a fair statement 
of the same to the Committee at every stated meeting. 



The Secretary laid before the Society a Hst of its members which, being 
read and corrected, he was ordered to transmit a fair copy thereof to the 
Secretary General and enter the original upon the files of the Society. 

1792. 

Resolved, that the Hon. Elias Boudinot and Jonathan Dayton, Esquires, 
be continued a committee to procure one hundred diplomas for the use of this 
Society by the next meeting, fifty of which to be signed by the President Gen- 
eral, and deliver them to the Treasurer who is hereby directed to pay the ex- 
penses of the same; and the Secretary is hereby ordered to serve said Com- 
mittee with an authenticated copy of thif resolve. 

Resolved, that in future the second orator be prepared to deliver an oration 
in case the first should by any means be prevented therefrom. 

Ordered that the Standing Committee meet at four of the clock on the 
afternoon preceeding the next annual meeting of this Society at Elizabeth 
Town. 

1793- 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be given to the Honorable Elias 
Boudinot, Esq., Doctor of Laws, for his excellent oration and that he furnish 
the Society with a copy to be deposited in their archives. 

Communication from the State Society of Georgia and from a Com- 
mittee of the State Society of New York respecting the funding system, with 
lists of the officers of their respective societies were read and ordered to be 
filed. 

Resolved, that in future the members be recorded in the minutes and 
called upon in the Society by their names with the appellation of Mr., any 
former rule to the contrary notwithstanding. 

1794. 

Ordered, that Messieurs Richard Howell, James F. Armstrong, and 
Jonathan Rhea be a committee to have printed as many copies of the Institu- 
tion of the Society of the Cincinnati, together with a list of the members of 
this Society, and its standing rules and by laws as they may think sufficient 
for the use of the members. 

The Treasurer reported that the diplomas ordered by Messieurs Boudi- 
not and Dayton were printed, but the President General had not signed them. 
Ordered that Mr. John Beatty be added to the Committee and that they 
procure and deliver said diplomas as soon as may be to the Treasurer. 

Resolved, that Messrs. John N. Gumming, Aaron Ogden and Jonathan 
Dayton be a committee to inquire into the charges against Mr. John Polhemus, 
and to make report at the next meeting. Resolved, also, that in the meantime 
the said John Polhemus be suspended. 

Resolved, that Messrs. John N. Gumming, Aaron Ogden, and Jonathan 
Dayton be a committee to report a plan at the next meeting whereby a gen- 
eral attendance of the members of this Society, may if possible in future, be 
obtained. 

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1795- 

The Secretary being absent, Mr. Bloomfield was requested to act as 
Secretary at this meeting. 

The minutes of the last meeting were read. 

A letter from Mr. Richard Cox, the Treasurer, being read, resolved, that 
the reason for his non-attendance is satisfactory. 

The Committee appointed to obtain a number of diplomas to be signed 
by the President General, reported that they made application as directed, but 
some difficulties arising lest an improper use might be made of them, the 
committee gave assurances that this Society would take the most prudent 
measures to prevent that evil, that thereupon the President General did 
sign fifty diplomas, which with fifty more remaining unsigned, are now ready 
to be delivered to the order of the Society. On motion it was ordered, that 
the diplomas be delivered to the President for the time being and that they be 
kept by him in the safest manner and that none be delivered out but by the 
order of the Society for that purpose. 

Ordered also, that members who may want diplomas give in their names 
to the Standing Committee with the reasons for their request, to be returned 
to the present or future meeting of the Society that they may be filled up and 
issued by order of the Society on paying the expenses atending the same. 

A letter from the Revd. James F. Armstrong, the Secretary, being read, 
resolved, that the reasons given for his non-attendance are satisfactory. 

The Society adjourned and, attended by the companies of Grenadiers and 
Light Infantry, went in procession to the Presbyterian Church, where Mr. 
Aaron Ogden, the orator of the day, delivered an oration. At 12 o'clock the 
Society returned to their room, present as before, with Messrs. John N. Gum- 
ming, Dr. Burnet, William Tuthill and Jonathan Rhea, except the President 
and Mr. Aaron Ogden, who were absent. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be given to Mr. Aaron Ogden 
for his excellent oration delivered this day, and he be desired to furnish the 
Society with a copy to be deposited in their archives. 

Mr. John N. Gumming, from the Committee appointed to inquire into the 
charges alleged against Mr. John Polhemus reported, whereupon it was or- 
dered that the said John Polhemus be struck off the lists as a member of this 
Society unless he show cause to the contrary at the next anniversary meeting of 
the Society, and that a copy of said report and this resolution be served by the 
Secretary on the said John Polhemus or left at the last place of his usual abode. 

The Committee appointed to have printed the Institution and by-laws 
having done nothing, were discharged. 

Resolved unanimously, that any amendments or alterations in the In- 
stitution of the Society of the Cincinnati which may be concurred in by the 
Representatives of seven State Societies in the next general meeting shall 
be obligatory upon and inviolably observed by the New Jersey State Society 
although not therein represented. Resolved, that the Secretary transmit the 
said Resolve, duly authenticated, to the Secretary-General and to the Delegates 
appointed by this Society to attend the next general meeting. 

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1796. 

A letter from Mr. Elias Boudinot, a delegate to the last general meeting 
of the Society, was read. Resolved, that the reasons given for his non-attend- 
ance at this time were satisfactory. 

Resolved unanimously, that the resolution of this Society entered into 
July 4th, 1793, which is in the following words, viz: "Resolved, that 
in future the members be recorded in the minutes, and called upon in the So- 
ciety by their names with the appellation of Mr., any former rule to the con- 
trary notwithstanding," be rescinded. 

Resolved unanimously, that the reasons given by the Revd. Mr. Arm- 
strong and Brigadier Genl. Bloomfield for not delivering an oration this day 
were satisfactory. 

Resolved, that Genl. Bloomfield, Mr. Armstrong and Major Cox be a 
committe to compare the laws of the Society with the alterations that have 
been made in them by subsequent resolutions and make them conformable 
thereto, and that one hundred copies of the By-Laws as amended with a cor- 
rect list of the members of this Society be printed for the use of the members. 

Resolved, that the Standing Committee do not admit any claim for the 
renewal of a diploma unless the person applying for the same shall produce 
the one granted to him, or satisfy the Committee that the same is totally lost 
or destroyed. 

1797. 

Resolved, that the President do express to Major General Bloomfield the 
thanks of this meeting for his excellent oration and that the President request 
a copy to be deposited among the archives of this Society. 

Mr. George Montgomery Ogden, eldest son of Brigadier General Matth- 
ias Ogden, deceased, and Mr. George Clinton Barber, eldest son of Col. Fran- 
cis Barber, deceased, being present at this place; Resolved, that the President 
be requested to introduce them to the members of this Society and to invite 
them to dinner this day. 

1798. 

Resolved, that the President express to Dr. Armstrong the thanks of this 
meeting for his excellent oration and request a copy to be deposited among the 
archives of this Society. 

The Committee appointed to compare the laws of the Society with the 
alterations, etc., having given satisfactory reasons for not proceeding in the 
business, were discharged. 

Col. Ogden, Genl. Bloomfield and General Giles were appointed a Com- 
mittee to compare a draft of an address to the President of the United States, 
expressive of our entire approbation of his firm and wise administration, and 
our unshaken resolution to support with our persons and property, every con- 
stitutional measure of our country; and to report it as soon as possible. 

Two affidavits were read in the Society respecting certain conduct of 
Captain Nathaniel Leonard, which were ordered to be filed. Resolved, that 
the Secretary be ordered to furnish Captain Leonard with a copy of said 
affidavits and cite him to appear at the next meeting of the Society on the 

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4th of July, 1799 to answer. And that in the meantime Captain Leonard be 
suspended. 

Resolved, that those members who have any blank diplomas in their 
hands signed by the President-General of the Society be requested to produce 
them at the next anniversary meeting. 

The Committee appointed to prepare an address to the President of the 
United States reported a draft; which, being considered and amended, was 
unanimously agreed to and adopted, and is as follows : 
To John Adams, President of the United States: 

The members of the Society of the Cincinnati of New Jersey this day 
convened at their annual meeting, for the purpose of perpetuating their friend- 
ships, and of commemorating together the great events which gave independ- 
ence to the United States, do now beg leave in common with our fellow cit- 
izens to address our chief magistrate for the purpose of expressing our entire 
satisfaction with his administration of the government, and in particular as it 
relates to the injuries and insults which have been received from the French 
Republic, as also of making assurance of our readiness again to take the field 
in obedience to any call of our country, in vindication of its national honor, and 
in support of that independence, for the establishment of which we patiently 
endured the toils, hardships and dangers of an eight years war. 

Whilst we contemplate another and perhaps more arduous struggle for 
the independence of our country, we are too sensible of its cost and value, not 
to be willing again and again to put our lives and all we hold dear on earth, 
at the hazard, and should our country, by reason of intestine divisions (which 
we trust are vainly counted upon) fail in asserting her national rights against 
the aggressions of that ambitious and haughty nation, which in pursuit of her 
objects, sets at defiance all laws human and divine, we shall consider that all 
our labors and victories past shall have been in vain, and that the independence 
which we are this day celebrating will, instead of being a blessing to us, only 
show our folly in assuming rights we had not the spirit to defend. 

Under these solemn impressions we pray you Sir, to place the utmost 
reliance on the sincerity of our declaration, when we profess our readiness to 
offer on the altar of our country, whatever services may be derived from that 
knowledge and experience in military affairs, acquired by us during the rev- 
olutionary war, and which yet remain after the deaths of so many of our 
companions in arms; and we trust. Sir, that new and still more glorious vic- 
tories are in store for us, when we shall have rallied at the voice of our country 
under that renowned veteran and beloved chief, who in times which tried 
men's souls, victoriously conducted us to peace and safety, and whose appoint- 
ment, this day announced, fills our hearts with the most enthusiastic joy and 
transport. 

By unanimous Order of the Society, 

Attest : Elias Dayton, President. 
Trenton, July 4. Andrew Hunter, Secretary. 

Resolved, that Governor Howell, General Beatty and Col. Rhea be a 
committee to publish in one or more of the newspapers in Philadelphia and 
in one in New Jersey, the proceedings of the 4th of July at Trenton. 

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1799- 

The Secretary being absent, Captain Pennington was requested to act 

in his place. 

A communication from the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of 
South CaroHna proposing sundry amendments to the constitution of the So- 
ciety was read. 

Likewise a communication from the Secretary-General of the Society, 
relative to the letter of the General Society of May, 1796, was read together 
with the letter to which it referred. 

Resolved, that Captain Nathaniel Leonard be suspended from this Society 
until the 4th of July. 1802. 

The letter and extract of the Journal of the Society of the Cincinnati 
of the State of South Carolina being read a second time, and this Society be- 
ing of the opinion that to ensure uniformity the alterations proposed to be 
introduced into the original constitution, ought to be discussed in the Gen- 
eral Society. 

Resolved, therefore, that any amendments or alterations in the Institution 
of the Cincinnati Society which may be concurred in by the representatives of 
seven State Societies in the General Meeting, shall be obligatory upon, and in- 
violably observed by the New Jersey State Society, although they should not 
be represented therein. 

Resolved, that the Secretary transmit the foregoing resolution to the 
President of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of South Carolina. 

The President reported that the Committee appointed for that purpose 
presented the address of this Society to the President of the United States 
and that the following answer was returned, viz : 
To the Members of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New 

Jersey, Gentlemen : 

I thank you for this address. It was impossible for you to assemble on 
the 4th of July for the purpose of perpetuating your friendships and com- 
memorating together the great events, which gave independence to these United 
States, without feeling the deep impression of the present state of the nation and 
the interesting prospect before it. 

The entire satisfaction of your Society with my administration of the 
Government, and in particular as it relates to the injuries and insults that have 
been received from the French Republic, is very dear to me; the assurance 
of your readiness again to take the field in obedience to the call of your Coun- 
try, in vindication of its national honor, and in support of that sovereignty 
for the establishment of which you patiently endured the toils, hardships and 
dangers of an eight years war, is very satisfactory to me. 

The duration and severity of that future struggle you have in contem- 
plation, will depend in some measure upon the powers of Europe. If a com- 
bination should be formed, to arrest the progress of the most dangerous and 
destructive power that ever threatened the liberties of Europe, your exertions 
may be less distressing but if the principal remaining barrier to French tyranny 
should be broken down, America must prepare for a severer trial than she 
ever experienced. If Americans are capable of intestine divisions which can 

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assist such an enemy, in such a cause, all our past lives and labors have been 
in vain. I hope and believe better things of my countrymen, and place the 
utmost reliance on the sincerity of your declaration, when you offer on the 
altar of your country the services which may be derived from that knowledge 
and experience in military affairs acquired by you in the last war. May new 
and still more glorious victories if necessary for the rights of your country 
and mankind be still in store for you, under that renowned veteran and be- 
loved chief, whose appointment could not fail to fill your hearts with the 
most enthusiastic joy and transport. 
Philadelphia, July 6, 1798. JOHN ADAMS. 

_ Ordered, that Captain Kollock, General Seely, Lieut. Pennington and 
Major Ford be furnished with their respective diplomas. 

Major Ford's diploma is not to be delivered until his original subscrip- 
tion to the Treasury be paid. 

1800. 

Resolved, that the President express to General Giles the thanks of this 
Society for his excellent oration and that he be requested to deposit a copy 
of the same among the archives of this Society. 

The President laid before the Society the proceedings of the General 
Meeting of May, 1799, and of the adjourned general meeting of May, 1800, 
which being read. 

Ordered, That the same be entered at large on the minutes of this Society. 

********** 

It was moved by Mr. Bingham and seconded by General Bloomfield, 

That a respectful testimonial to the memory of General Washington be 
entered on the records of the General Society of the Cincinnati which was 
unanimously agreed to — and 

Mr. Bingham, Major Pinckney and Genl. Dayton were appointed a 
committee to prepare and report the same. 

Mr. Bingham from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported 
the following testimonial of respect to the memory of General Washington, 
which was twice read, unanimously agreed to, and ordered to be entered on 
the records of the Society as the first act of the present general meeting after 
its organization. 

Under the most profound impression of veneration and aft'ection, the 
Society of the Cincinnati, at a general meeting, are called upon to express 
the mournful tribute of their sorrow, at that awful dispensation of Provi- 
dence, which has recently removed from their councils, their much revered 
and lamented President General. 

The arduous, tho' successful struggle which terminated in establishing 
the liberties of our country, and in which they fought under his banners, and 
shared with him the dangers and toils of the field, attached him to the Society 
by ties of the most intimate and endearing nature. His valor and prudence 

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seemed to control the events of war, led the American armies to victory, and 
achieved the independence of their country. Whilst mingling their tears 
with those of their fellow citizens, they are naturally impelled to pour out 
the effusions of a deeper regret, for the irreparable loss which they have 
sustained. 

But it is not only in their relationship to this illustrious character, as 
soldiers, that the Society of the Cincinnati have cause to deplore his loss. 

When the storm of war had ceased to rage, and the blessings of peace 
had been restored, their country was suffering under the weakness of a con- 
federation, which threatened the existence of that Union, which their joint 
efforts in arms had so essentially contributed to establish. 

With his auspicious co-operation, a Constitution was formed, calculated 
by its wisdom and energy to redeem us from that prostrate state, to which 
we had been reduced, and to restore that representation which our country 
had lost, from the imbecility of the old system. The administration of the 
government was committed to his care, and his country will ever hold in 
grateful remembrance the inflexible virtue and fortitude, with which he 
conducted its affairs and saved from the effects of domestic faction and 
foreign intrigue. 

After a second retirement from the active scenes of public life in which 
his merits as a Statesman, rivalled his fame as a soldier ; his country at the 
approach of danger, again required his services. The crisis was important 
and the situation delicate; a nation which had mingled its blood with ours 
in the defence of our liberties, had now assumed a hostile appearance. 
A war from this unexpected quarter threatened the peace of our country. 

Washington, who never hesitated when urged by a sense of duty, 
obeyed the call of the government. He again abandoned his beloved retire- 
ment, hazarded a reputation, consummate in every point of view, and assumed 
the command of the armies. His military companions who had frequently 
witnessed the magnanimity of his conduct in seasons of adversity as well 
as of triumph, felt the full force of their country's appeal to arms, whilst 
Washington was their leader. 

In this momentous crisis of our affairs, by the inscrutable decrees of 
Heaven, he was snatched from America and the world. 

Under this pressure of calamity, which more peculiarly operates upon 
the sensibilities of this Society, their only consolation is derived from the 
animating reflection, that although he is summoned to the enjoyment of the 
happy destinies of a future state, the bright example of his virtues and talents 
will still survive, and the inheritance of his name, prove a future incentive 
to heroes and legislators who will strive to emulate his fame, and merit the 
glory he has acquired. 



Major Shute solicited the Standing Committee to order a diploma for 
him as he never received one. The Standing Committee reported in favor 
of the above solicitation. 



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i8oi. 

It appearing to the Society that the rule directing- the President to give 
pubHc notification of the death of any member is not calculated to answer the 
good purpose intended; therefore Resolved, that such part of the standing 
rules of the Society as made it the duty of the President to cause a public no- 
tification to be made of the death of any of their members occurring under cer- 
tain circumstances, be rescinded. 

Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our deceased friends and 
brethern, Col. Chilian Ford and Capt. Jonathan Phillips, the Society wear 
mourning for the usual time by a crape on the left arm. 

Resolved unanimously, that General Bloomfield, Genl. Jonathan Dayton 
and Col. Ogden be a committee to prepare for the press and to cause to be 
published a handsome edition of one hundred and fifty copies of the Consti- 
tution of the General Society, the By-Laws of the State Society, the names 
of the several members with such additions as may appear to them proper, 
together with the testimonial to the memory of Genl. George Washington as 
communicated by the last general meeting, and that the Treasurer be author- 
ized to pay the expenses attending the same upon the order of any two of said 
Committee, approved by the President. 

Resolved, that invitations to dine with the Society be hereafter confined 
to the public and principal officers of the General and State Governments, the 
clergy and members of other State Societies, and that they be made by or 
under the direction of the President only. 

The Society withdrew to attend in the church for prayers and to hear the 
annual oration delivered by Genl. Beatty. 

1802. 

The minutes of the last meeting were read. 

Resolved, That in honor of the memory of our deceased friends and 
brethren, the late Governor Richard Howell, Capt. William Barton and Capt. 
Absalom Martin, this Society wear crape on the left arm for thirty days. 

The Society attended the delivery of the annual oration by the Rev. 
Mr. Hunter. 

Resolved, that the following names, viz: Jeremiah Bruen, Major; Daniel 
Baldwin, Captain, and Abraham Kinney, Lieutenant, be stricken off the list 
of this Society as they have neglected to comply with an essential condition 
of becoming members of it unless they shall within six months satisfactorily 
show to the President or Vice-President that they have made the deposit of a 
month's pay with interest in the funds either of this or some other State So- 
ciety. 

1803. 

The Society proceeded to the church to attend the delivery of the annual 
oration by Dr. Ebenezer Elmer. 

The Society returned to the place of their meeting. 

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Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be given to Dr. Ebenezer Elmer 
for his excellent and well adapted oration delivered by him this day and that he 
be requested to furnish a copy of it to be deposited in the archives of the 
Society. 

The minutes of the last meeting were read. 

The Committee appointed to prepare for the press and to cause to be pub- 
lished a handsome edition of the Constitution and By-Laws of this Society 
were continued. 

A motion was made and seconded, that Major Jeremiah Bruin, Captain 
Daniel Baldwin and Lieut. Abraham Kinney have permission until next meet- 
ing of this Society to pay or show they have paid the arrears due to the Treas- 
ury of this Society, and if not then paid or satisfaction given to this Society, 
that their names be stricken off the list of members of this Society and that 
they have notice of this order. 

1804. 

The Society ordered that mourning be worn for the death of two mem- 
bers, Genl. Frelinghuysen and Col. Hay, and then proceeded to the Presbyter- 
ian Church to render thanks to Almighty God for his public and private bene- 
fits, and to read the Declaration of Independence. The Society then returned 
to the Hotel of Scott and Herbert, the place of their meeting. 

1S05. 

The resolution respecting Mr. Abraham Kinney and Mr. Jeremiah Bruen 
was continued and the former minutes respecting them are to be communi- 
cated. 

The Society proceeded to the Presbyterian Church to render thanks to 
Almighty God for his public and private benefits and read the Declaration of 
Independence. The Society then returned to the hotel and dined. 
1806. 

In consequence of a letter received from Lieut. Abraham Kinney on the 
subject of his not having complied with the regulations of the Society, the 
resolution for striking his name off the list of the Society was continued till 
the next meeting. 

The Society on taking into view the present state of its members reduced 
nearly to one-third of their original number who are in like manner subject 
to the common lot of humanity and desirous before our numbers are still more 
diminished to make more effectual and permanent provision for the securing 
of our funds and the faithful appropriation of them to the beneficent and 
charitable objects for which they were originally instituted, DO RESOLVE, 
that a committee be appointed to prepare and report at tlie next annual meet- 
ing a plan as well to secure the funds of the Society as the appropriation 
thereof, according to the object for which they were instituted. And RE- 
SOLVED, that Governor Bloomfield, Genl. Beatty and Col. Ogden be the 
said Committee. 

Resolved, that no motion tending to dissolve this Society or to suspend 
its meetings or render them less frequent than annual be discussed and decided 
upon at the same meeting in which such motion was made. 

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Resolved, that the name of Major Jeremiah Bruen be stricken off the list 
of the Society. 

1807. 

The Society proceeded in procession to the Presbyterian Church where 
prayers and thanksgiving to Almighty God were made by the Rev. Mr. 
McDowell. 

The Declaration of Independence was read by the Secretary, an oration 
delivered by the Honorable Judge Pennington and a number of appropriate 
hymns composed for the occasion were sung. 

The Society returned to the hotel where they were to dine and proceeded 
to attend to the further business of their meeting. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be given to Judge Pennington 
for his oration, and that he be requested to furnish a copy to be kept among 
the archives of the Society. 

Resolved, that every member of the Society be at liberty to invite to dine 
with this Society at their anniversary meetings, the person whom he expects 
to represent him after his decease, provided there be nothing improper in 
the character of the person to be introduced, of which the committee of ar- 
rangements shall judge. 

1808. 

The Vice-President announced the death of Major-General Dayton, the 
president of the Society, whereupon. 

Resolved unanimously, that Genl. Gumming, Dr. Boudinot and Col. Og- 
den be a committee to draw up and report a respectful testimonial to the mem- 
ory of Major-General Elias Dayton to be entered upon the records of this 
Society. 

The Committee appointed to draw up and report a respectful testimonial 
to the memory of Major-General Elias Dayton made the following report 
which being read, was approved and adopted. 

It having pleased the Supreme ruler of the Universe since our last anni- 
versary, to call home our late worthy President, Major-General Elias Dayton, 
and in commemoration of his distinguished patriotism and his long and faithful 
services, the Society will wear mourning one month, and the orator for the 
next anniversary is requested to eulogize this character. 

In behalf of the Committee, 
July 4th, 1808. J. N. GUMMING. 

General Bloomfield made the following report : 

In obedience to the order of the Society of July 4th, 1807, the subscriber 
has prepared and had printed 1 50 copies of 87 pages, containing 

1. The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by the Con- 
vention of the American Army in 1783. 

2. The institution as altered and amended at the first general meeting in 

1784. 

3. Extracts from the minutes of the New Jersey Society which refer 

to the Institutions. 

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4- Proceedings of the General Society of the Cincinnati at their several 
triennial and extra general meetings held at Philadelphia. 

5. Bye-Laws and Rules of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati. 

6. Report of the Standing Committee on the funds of the Society in 
July, 1807. 

7. The names of the officers of the New Jersey line. 

Two copies of this publication are delivered herewith, one in elegant and 
one in plain binding, with the receipts of the printer. 

The subscriber submits to the correction and instructions of the Society 
a register of the names of the officers of the New Jersey line, killed, wounded 
and taken prisoners; a list of the members of this State Society and the offices 
they severally sustained since the peace in 1783; and also the form of a cer- 
tificate or diploma to be printed and delivered with the publication to every 
member of the Society if approved. And this Society shall order a seal to be 
engraved for this purpose and for the general use of the Institution. The ad- 
ditional matter can be printed in the same type and will make a dozen or six- 
teen pages. In the binding no extra expense will be incurred. 
Trenton, July 4, 1808. JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD. 

Col. Ogden, Genl. Dayton and Major Wm. Shute were appointed a com- 
mittee to consider the above report, and to lay the result before the Society. 

The Committee appointed for that purpose, having duly examined and con- 
sidered the report made by Governor Bloomfield to the Society at the present 
meeting, together with the book accompanying it, do unanimously recommend 
that the said book be approved so far as it extends, and that the plan of addi- 
tions thereto, as suggested in the report be adopted, and that it be referred to 
the Governor to perfect and complete the same accordingly, and to have fifty 
copies bound agreeably to the best sample of binding which has been exhibited 
to the Society. The Committee take the liberty of reporting it also as their 
opinion that Governor Bloomfield is justly entitled to the thanks of the Society 
for the zeal, diligence and ability with which he has discharged the duties 
assigned to him in the compilation above alluded to. 

Whereupon resolved unanimously, that the Society agree to the said 
report. 

The Committee to whom were referred two circular letters addressed to 
the President of this Society subscribed by several gentlemen styling them- 
selves committees on the part of the revolutionary officers residing at Pitts- 
burg and its vicinity and in the city of Philadelphia, on the subject of an ap- 
plication to Congress for remuneration of losses sustained by the commutation 
of half-pay, having made report thereon ; Resolved, that whatever measure of 
justice and propriety there might be in making such an appeal to the mag- 
nanimity and liberality of our country, yet it is not expected for the Society, as 
such, to interfere in the premises. 

In behalf of the Committee, 

JAMES GILES. 

The above report was agreed to and ordered to be communicated by the 
Secretary. 

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Ordered that the diploma of Capt. Faulkner be deHvered to him free 
of expense. 

The Society then went in procession to the Presbyterian Church where, 
after singing several anthems suitable to the day, and a prayer by the Rev. Mr. 
Waddell, an oration was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Armstrong. The Society 
then returned to the hotel where they were to dine and proceeded to the dif- 
ferent parts of their business yet to be done. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be presented to the Reverend Mr. 
Armstrong for his appropriate oration and that he furnish a copy of it to be 
kept in the archives of the Society. 

1809. 

The Secretary of the Society being absent, General Beatty was requested 
to officiate as such, pro tempore. 

The President announced the death of Lieut. John Ruecastle in July last. 
Mr. Alex. Ross, son of Major John Ross, in October last, and Lieut. Col. 
Jonathan Forman on May 25, 1809. 

Whereupon Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our deceased friends 
and brethern, the Society will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm for the 
space of thirty days. 

The President made the following report. 

That he has procured a seal (of which a description is annexed) completed 
and herewith delivers with said seal fifty copies of the publication ordered by 
the Society, at their last meeting, elegantly bound in Morocco, with diplomas 
signed by the President, and countersigned by the Secretary for the several 
members; and also one hundred copies of the publication in sheets, subject to 
the directions of the Society. 
July 4, 1809. JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD. 

Seal of the New Jersey State Society of Cincinnati. 

The principal figure CINCINNATUS. 

The time, when his country no longer needed his exertions in arms. 

His sword and shield ornamented with an eagle are thrown aside, to which 
he is pointing with one hand and with the other taking hold of the plough; 
intimating that he has given up his high military employments; become a 
private citizen and devoted himself to the pursuits of agriculture. 

On a scroll above Cincimiatus is inscribed the "Reward of Virtue," Vir- 
tutis Praemium; ornamented with roses as emblematical of the beauty and 
fragrance of virtuous actions which like the fragrance of the rose, remains 
after death. 

A fortified city and harbor with an ancient galley in view; distant moun- 
tains with a rising sun. 

Which report was read and committed to Genl. Dayton, Col. Ogden and 
Capt. S. M. Shute to consider and report thereon. 

Col. Abraham Kinney being present, made application to be restored to 
full standing as a member of the Society. 

Whereupon ordered, that his case and representation be committed to 
Genl. Da3^on, Col. Kollock and Capt. Sprowles to consider and report thereon. 

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The Society then went in procession to the Presbyterian Church es- 
corted by the mihtary and citizens of the place where, after prayer was made 
by the Revd. Mr. McDowell, and several anthems suitable to the occasion 
sung, an oration was delivered by Col. Ogden. The Society then returned 
and proceeded with the business of the meeting. 

The Committe to whom was referred the application of Col. Abraham 
Kinney have considered the matter referred to them and report thereon. That 
as it is evident that the applicant had been under an error in supposing that the 
transfer of his month's pay from the funds of Connecticut were indispensible 
to his admission to a membership in this Society, it is the unanimous opinion 
of the Committee; that further time (until next annual meeting) ought to be 
allowed Col. Kinney to obtain the evidence of his being a member of the Con- 
necticut Society of the Cincinnati, or, of his having deposited a month's pay 
with the Agfent or Treasurer. 



Signed by order, 



JONATHAN DAYTON. 



Which report was agreed to. 

The Committee to whom the President's report was committed made 
the following report : 

The Committee to whom was referred the consideration of the proper 
dif'tribution of the Bound Books of the Constitution and Register of the 
Cincinnati left on hand, beg leave to report that in their opinion those im- 
pressed with the names of individual members on the back should be de- 
livered accordingly upon due application ; and that the residue, together 
with the unbound sheets be retained in the hands of the Secretary and that no 
copy whatever shall be delivered except those as above, unless by the express 
order of the Society, to be entered on the Minutes. 

Which report was agreed to. 

It was ordered that the book of the Constitution and Register destined for 
and impressed with the name of Edmund D. Thomas, be retained in the hands 
of the Secretary, until the further order of the Society. 

Resolved, that the books of the Constitution and Register be transmitted 
by his excellency, the President of this Society, to the President of the Gen- 
eral Society of the Cincinnati : and to each of the Presidents of the several 
State Societies that are known to be still existing for the use of their respective 
Societies. 

Ordered, that the Secretary do transmit to Horatio Gates Phillips and 
Jacob Burnet, Esquires, members of this Society, a book each of the Consti- 
tution and Register, with their names impressed on the cover; they being res- 
ident in the State of Ohio, in which no Society of the Cincinnati is existing. 

1810. 

Col. Thomas Henderson made application to the Society by Capt. 
Sprowle for the book containing a certificate of his membership and the con- 
stitution of the Society, etc. Whereupon the Society agreed to grant his re- 
quest and directed the Secretary to transmit the book. 

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On motion Resolved, that no oration either in whole or in part, heretofore 
delivered, or which shall hereafter be delivered by any member of the Society 
shall be published without the order of the Society, nor even then without the 
consent of the member, if living, who shall have delivered such oration. 

The Society walked in procession, together with the citizens and military, 
to the Presbyterian Church to attend the exercises appointed for the day, 
the reading of the Declaration of Independence and the delivery of an oration 
by Dr. Boudinot, who had been previously appointed to that duty. After the 
duties of the church were ended, the Society returned in the order of pro- 
cession to the place of their meeting and proceeded to business. On motion 
Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Doctor Boudinot, the 
venerable and much-respected orator of the day, for his oration, and that he 
be requested to give a copy to be placed in the archives of the Society. 

On motion Resolved, that the members of this Society who have by or- 
der of the Society pronounced Anniversary orations, be requested to deliver to 
the Secretary as soon as possible, fair copies of their several orations, to be 
deposited in the archives of the Society and that the Secretary furnish every 
member whom it may concern with an attested copy of this resolution. 

The President made the following report : 

Since the last meeting the subscriber has transmitted printed copies of the 
Bound Books of the Constitution and Register of this Society, agreeably to 
order to the President of the General Society of the Cincinnati, and to the 
Presidents of the State Societies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, 
Pennsylvania, Maryland and South Carolina, being the Societies known to 
be still existing, for the use of their existing Societies. 

That copies of the said Constitution and Register of this Society have 
been delivered to the members of the State Society of the Cincinnati, resident 
in New Jersey, whose names are printed in pages 114, 115, 116, 117 and 
118 of said book, except to Edmund D. Thomas, Almarine Brooks, John Hop- 
per, John Doughty, Seth Bowen, Jabez Campfield, Ebenezer Stockton, Thomas 
Henderson and Joseph Burnet. 

That the subscriber delivered a copy to Horatio G. Phillips, and trans- 
mitted a copy to Jacob Burnet, Esq., members of this Society, resident in the 
State of Ohio. 
July 4, 1810. JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD. 

The Society requested the President to have one dozen copies of the 
printed Constitution and Register bound like those delivered and that copies 
be duly certified and delivered to Thomas Henderson, Jabez Campfield, Eben- 
ezer Stockton, Almarine Brooks, Joseph Burnet, successor of Ichabod Bur- 
net; Gilbert Barton, successor of William Barton; John Buck, successor of 
Joseph Buck, and David H. Brearley, successor of David Brearley. The 
name of the original member to be stamped on one of the covers of the re- 
spective copies. 

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i8ii. 

The President laid before the Society the following report : 
Copies of the Constitution, By-Laws and Register of this Society have 
been transmitted to Thomas Henderson, Jabez Campfield, Ebenezer Stock- 
ton, Almarine Brooks, Joseph Burnet, successor of Ichabod Burnet; Gilbert 
Barton, successor of Wm. Barton ; John Buck, successor of Joseph Buck, and 
David H. Brearley, successor to David Brearley, conformably to the order of 
the Society made at the last anniversary meeting. 

Of the 150 copies printed pursuant to the order of the Society, of 1808, 
Journals of the Society, page 149, 50 copies were bound according to the 
sample then exhibited and agreeably to the order of 1810, 20 copies more 

were bound, making copies 70 

The four bound as samples in neat and plain binding and 
two copies used in the report and proof sheets 6 

So that there remains in sheets copies 74 



150 

of which the Society will direct the disposal. 

There remains in the Cincinnati box the copies signed in the names of 
John Doughty and Edmond Thomas. No books have been prepared for John 
Hopper or Seth Bowen. There are twelve bound copies not stamped with any 
name, in the office of the subscriber, together with the said 74 copies in 
sheets. 

It is submitted to the consideration of the Society the propriety of one of 
the bound copies being deposited in the library of the Congress of the United 
States, and a copy being presented to the Secretary of the Department of War, 
for the use of the Department. 
July 4, 181 1. JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD. 

Which report was read and ordered a second reading. 

The Military attending for the purpose of escorting the Society, they to- 
gether with the Corporation and Citizens of the place, walked in procession to 
the Presbyterian Church to attend the exercises appointed for the day, where, 
after a prayer and the reading of the Declaration of Independence, an oration 
was delivered by Genl. Cumming, who had been previously appointed to that 
duty. The exercises of the church being ended the Society returned in the 
same order of procession to the place of their sitting when, after exchanging 
congratulations with their fellow-citizens on the occasion of their meeting, 
they proceeded to business. 

The report of the President relative to the disposition of the remaining 
books and unbound sheets of the printed Constitution and Register was read a 
second time and it was Resolved, that the whole remaining impressions as 
well unbound as bound, be placed in the hands of the Secretary to be by him 
carefully preserved, to the further order of the Society. 

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l8l2. 

The Vice-President announced the death of Capt. Jacob Hyer and Mr. 
Gilbert Barton, two of its members, whereupon Resolved, that in honor of the 
memory of our deceased brethern, the Society will wear mourning by a crape 
on the left arm for the space of thirty days. 

Doctor Boudinot on behalf of the Committee of Delegation to the Gen- 
eral Society of the Cincinnati made the following report and laid before the 
Society the proceedings of the General Society of July and August, 1811, to- 
gether with a circular letter addressed to the several State Societies which, 
being read and approved, ordered that the same be entered at large on the 
minutes of this Society and which are as follows, viz : 

The Committee of Delegates to the General Society of the Cincinnati 
beg leave to report : 

That they duly attended the meeting of the General Society held at Phil- 
adelphia on the seventh day of August last past, where the President Gen- 
eral presided and delegates from four States duly attended; they spent five 
days in this service; after going through the usual business the Society agreed 
to a circular letter to be addressed to each State Society in the Union urging 
a more punctual attendance on the General Society and remonstrating against 
any appropriation of the funds of any State Society to any other purpose than 
that directed by the original institution. 

The circular letter was forwarded to the Governor as our President and 
is annexed hereto together with a copy of the proceedings of the General 
Society. 

Your Committee under a high sense of the excellent character of our 
President-General thought proper to present to him for his own private use a 
copy of the Constitution and Register which he accepted in the most grateful 
manner. 



The President-General reported to the General Society. 

That the diamond insignia of the order of the Cincinnati which has been 
presented by the Marine Officers of France, who were members of the Society 
to his Excellency, Genl. Washington, and by the heirs of the General had been 
sent to Genl. Hamilton, was delivered to him (Genl. Pinckney) by Mrs. Ham- 
ilton, and as he had conceived that this testimonial of respect for the immortal 
Washington which his heirs had delivered to Genl. Hamilton, and Mrs. Ham- 
ilton had been pleased to confide to him as President-General of the Society, 
ought, in respectful remembrance of her flattering distinction, to be hereafter 
considered as appurtenant to the office of President General, he requested that 
this memorandum might be inserted on the records of the General Society. 

Whereupon it was unanimously Resolved, that the respectful and affec- 
tionate thanks of the General Society of the Cincinnati, be presented to Mrs. 
Hamilton for this highly acceptable present and that the wish of the Presi- 
dent General, expressed in his memorandum, is respectfully acceded to by the 
Society. 

It was moved by Dr. Boudinot, seconded by Genl. Beatty, that a Com- 

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mittee of three members be appointed to ascertain the present situation of the 
several State Societies and to make report to the General Society. 

Friday, August 9, 181 1. 

The following report was read and unanimously agreed to, and it was 
ordered, that the circular letter be signed by the President and Secretary-Gen- 
eral in behalf of the delegates. 

In obedience to the resolve of the General Society which instructs your 
Committee to ascertain the present situation of the several state Societies of 
the Cincinnati, your Committee beg leave to report : 

That as far as their limited enquiry extends, it appears on the information 
of some of its members, that a portion of the members of the State Society of 
the Cincinnati of Delaware have dissolved that Society and distributed its 
funds. And on less authenticated information it would ako seem that por- 
tions of the members of the Connecticut and Virginia State Societies of the 
Cincinnati have also dissolved their Societies and diverted their funds from 
the purposes to which they were originally pledged. And that the other State 
Societies of the Cincinnati continue under the original Constitution as agreed 
on by the officers of the American army on the banks of the Hudson, in the 
year 1783. 

Your Committee beg leave further to report that under a consideration 
of these circumstances they think it advisable to address a letter from the 
General Society of the Cincinnati to the respective State Societies ; the follow- 
ing draught of which they respectfully submit. 

ELIAS BOUDINOT, 
Chairman of the Committee and in their behalf. 

And the following resolve was unanimously agreed to : 

Resolved, that a certificate under the signature of the President General 
ceding letter to the Presidents of the respective State Societies or to such mem- 
ber thereof as will cause it to be laid before the said Societies, requesting at 
the same time that such information relative to the funds, members and officers 
of the said Societies as can be conveniently furnished, may be forwarded to 
the Secretary General. 

Resolved, that a certificate under the signature of the President General 
and countersigned by the Secretary-General, be issued to the Chevalier de 
Segoud that he was regularly admitted a member of the Society of the 
Cincinnati. This certificate being granted to replace his diploma which has 
been lost. 

Adjourned to meet at Philadelphia on the second Tuesday of September., 
1812. 

Extract from the records, 

W. JACKSON, Secretary-General. 

A copy of the circular letter mentioned in the above report addressed 
To the New Jersey State Society of the Cincinnati. 

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Urged by all the considerations which an endeared remembrance of the 
causes that led to the organization of the Society of the Cincinnati can sug- 
gest, and under an ardent wish to perpetuate the benevolent objects for which 
it was instituted, the delegates to the General Society now convened at Phil- 
adelphia, have resolved without reserve to communicate the sentiments with 
which they are deeply impressed to the several State Societies. 

It is with extreme regret they state that the apprehension heretofore en- 
tertained and often expressed that the neglect on the part of several State So- 
cieties to appoint delegates to the General Society would be productive of the 
most serious consequence, is alarmingly realized by the inconsiderate act of a 
portion of the members of one or more State Societies in dissolving their of- 
ficial connection as members of the Cincinnati and in distributing those funds 
which had long ceased to be individual property or liable to any but their 
original appropriation. An act such as this must evidently involve a depart- 
ure from the solemn engagement entered into on the banks of the Hudson to 
perpetuate the institution and to preserve unalienated and unimpaired those 
funds which had been sacredly devoted to the relief of distressed members 
and their families. That this deeply regretted cessation of intercourse between 
the General and State Societies has been the influential cause of these errors 
is our most serious conviction ; and that the best corrective of these unconstitu- 
tional proceedings will be found in the immediate renewal of that endeared in- 
tercourse, no one who indulges the recollection of the scenes that passed in the 
service of our beloved country, can for a moment hesitate to believe. 

It is therefore most earnestly recommended to the several State Societies 
that they would not only appoint delegates to attend the next meeting of the 
General Society, which will be held at Philadelphia on the second Tuesday 
of September, 1812, but that they would enjoin their punctual attendance as 
the most efficient means of restoring that harmony which ought forever to 
subsist between men who, as faithful comrades in honor and misfortune, most 
anxiously desire by the continuance of this Society, to transmit a grateful re- 
membrance of their union and of those services by which the national claim to 
sovereignty and independence was established. 

Done in General Society of the Cincinnati at Philadelphia, August 9, 
1811. 

1813. 

The Minutes of the last meeting were read. 

The Vice-President announced the death of General Helms, one of its 
members. Whereupon Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our deceased 
brother, the Society will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm for the 
space of thirty days. 

General Giles, on behalf of the Committee of Delegates to the General 
Society of the Cincinnati, made report, which was read and approved. 

On motion it was Ordered, that the gentlemen who attended as delegates 
to the General Society be paid by the Treasurer the usual allowance. 

The Military, attending for the purpose of escorting the Society, they, 
together Avith the Corporation and Citizens of the place walked in procession 

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to the Presbyterian Church to attend the exercises appointed for the day where 
after a prayer by the Revd. Mr. McDowell and the reading of the Declaration 
of Independence, an oration was delivered by Genl. Dayton, who had been 
previously appointed to that duty. 

The Society went in procession to the Presbyterian Church attended 
by the Military and Citizens of the place to attend the exercises appointed for 
the day, which after prayer and reading the Declaration of Independence 
an oration was delivered by Genl. Elmer. 

Resolved, that the Treasurer be directed to procure a standard for use 
of this Society of such device as to him shall appear suitable, and that he be 
authorized to defray the expense thereof out of any money in his hands 
arising from interest on the money of this Society. 

The exercises of the church being ended, the Society returned in the 
same order of procession to the place of their sitting when, after exchanging 
congratulations with their Fellow Citizens on the occasion of their meeting, 
they proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to General Jona- 
than Dayton, for his appropriate oration and that he be requested to furnish 
a copy to be lodged in the archives of this Society. 

On motion Resolved, that Genl. Beatty and Genl. Rhea be a committee 
with the Treasurer to procure a standard for the use of the Society. 

Resolved, that Governor Ogden, Genl. Dayton and the Secretary be a 
committee to collect the original diplomas and place them with the Secretary 
to be by him preserved to the further order of the Society. 

1814. 

The Military attending for the purpose of escorting the Society, together 
with the Citizens, walked in procession to the Presbyterian Church to attend 
the exercises appointed for the day where after a prayer by the Revd. Mr. 
Armstrong and the reading of the Declaration of Independence, an oration 
was delivered by General Giles, who had been previously appointed to that 
duty. 

The exercises of the church being ended, the Society returned in the 
same order of procession to the place of their sitting when, after exchanging 
congratulations with their fellow citizens on the occasion of their meeting, 
they proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to General Giles 
for his very appropriate oration and that he be requested to deliver the same 
to the Secretary, in order that it may be placed among the archives. 

Genl. Beatty, Genl. Rhea, and the Treasurer, having procured and sub- 
mitted to the Society a standard agreeably to the resolution of the last meet- 
ing. / 

Resolved, that the Society do approve and accept of the same, and that 
the thanks of the Society be presented to the said Committee for the manner 
in which they have executed their Commission. 

Resolved, that the Standard of this Society be committed to the special 
charge of the Secretary and that he cause the same to be at Trenton and Eliz- 

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abeth Town alternately at each anniversary meeting, respectively, and the 
Treasurer pay the expenses of such removals. 

Genl. Ogden, from the Committee who were appointed to collect the orig- 
inal diplomas and to place them with the Secretary, to be by him preserved to 
the further order of the Society, reported that they had complied with this 
order and placed in the hands of the Secretary, sixty-one diplomas, of which 
there are Twenty-Seven Diplomas signed, Thirty-One unsigned, and three 
filled up; one to Capt. John Holmes, another to Captain Jacob Piatt and the 
third to Captain Daniel Baldwin. 

Resolved, that the same be deposited for safe keeping with the Cashier of 
the State Bank at Elizabeth, and that no diploma be delivered by him except to 
the Secretary upon a special order of this Society, signed by the President. 

Resolved, that the Secretary procure and deliver to Genl. Ogden, a blank 
diploma, upon his delivering to the Secretary the diploma by him heretofore 
received unfilled up. 

1815. 

The President announced the death of Genl. Jonathan Rhea, a member 
of this Society, whereupon 

Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our deceased brother, the So- 
ciety will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm for the space of thirty 
days. 

The Secretary made report that, agreeably to an order of this Society 
made at the last meeting, he has deposited with the Cashier of the State Bank 
of Elizabeth, the original diplomas mentioned in the said order and taken his 
receipt for the same. 

And that agreeably to a like order he has delivered to Col. Ogden a blank 
diploma and received from him the original diploma heretofore delivered un- 
filled up. 

Doctor Samuel M. Shute, a member of this Society, residing in Bridge- 
ton, Cumberland County, by letter to Genl. Gumming, made an apology for 
his not attending the Society owing to bad health. 

The Military attending for the purpose of escorting the Society, they, 
together with the Corporation and Citizens of the place walked in procession 
to the Presbyterian Church to attend the exercises of the day which, after a 
prayer by the Revd. Mr. McDowell and the reading of the Declaration of In- 
dependence and several anthems suitable to the occasion sung, the Society 
returned in the same order of procession to the place of their meeting and pro- 
ceeded to business. 

The orator appointed for this day not attending, by which the Society 
have been deprived of the benefit of an oration on this auspicious occasion, 
General Beatty, appointed the substitute, was called upon to know if he had 
prepared accordingly, he informed the Society that he had not received 
any notice that the orator would not be prepared with an oration agreeably to 
his appointment, such notice having been sent to Genl. Ogden by mistake. 

Major Cox by letter apologized for his non-attendance on account of the 
illness of his daughter. 

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Shepard Kollock, Esq., one of the members of right of tliis Society, hav- 
ing stated that he has not hitherto received a diploma, and having apphed that 
one be filled up and delivered to him, and it further appearing that he had 
paid his quota of the arrears due the Society, it is recommended agreeable 
to one of our standing rules that his request be granted accordingly. 

General Beatty reported that the copies of the Constitution of the So- 
ciety in unbound sheets were placed in his hands by General Rhea and remain 
with him. 

Resolved, that the same be delivered to the Secretary of the Society. 

1816. 

The President announced the death of the following members, viz. : Revd. 
Mr. Armstrong, Major Richard Cox, Capt. Bowen, and Capt. Baldwin. 

Resolved, That in honor of the memory of our deceased brethern, the 
Society will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm for the space of thirty 
days. 

The Military attending for the purpose of escorting the Society, they, to- 
gether with the Citizens, walked in procession to the Presbyterian Church to 
attend the exercise appointed for the day. when, after a prayer by the Revd. 
Mr. Brown, the reading of the Declaration of Independence and several an- 
thems suitable to the occasion sung, the Society returned in the same order 
of procession to the place of their meeting. 

Genl. Beatty made a satisfactory excuse for not delivering the oration 
this day. 

1817. 

The President announced the death of the following members, viz: 
Major Samuel W. Shute, Captain Anthony Reckless, and Captain Edmund D. 
Thomas and Richard S. Rhea. 

Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our deceased brethern, the 
Society will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm for the space of thirty 
days. 

The Military attending for the purpose of escorting the Society, they, 
together with the Citizens, walked in procession to the Presbyterian Church 
to attend the exercises appointed for the day, when, after a prayer by the 
Revd. Mr. McDowell, the reading of the Declaration of Independence, an ora- 
tion was delivered by William Halsted, Esqr. 

The exercises of the church being ended, the Society returned in the same 
order of procession to the place of their sitting and proceeded to business. 

The President laid before the Society a communication from the Society 
of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, with papers from No. i to 7, inclusive, re- 
lating to the claim of the officers of the Revolutionary army for an equitable 
settlement by Congress of half pay for life. 

Whereupon the Society Resolved, that a Committee of three be appointed 
to correspond with the Committee of the Society of the Cincinnati of the 
State of Pennsylvania, or other committees appointed for the purpose of ad- 
vocating the claims above mentioned, and that one at the least of the said Com- 

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mittee be requested to attend the next meeting of Congress for that object, at 
the expense of this Society. And that Genl. John N. Gumming, John Beatty 
and Col. Aaron Ogden be the Committee. 

Resolved, that General Beatty and Col. E. Beatty be a Committee to 
report at the next meeting such measures as would insure a more punctual 
attendance of the members at the anniversary meetings of the Society. 

1818. 

The Military attending for the purpose of escorting the Society, they, 
together with the Citizens, walked in procession to the Presbyterian Church 
to attend the exercises appointed for the day, when, after prayer and the read- 
ing of the Declaration of Independence, an address was delivered by the Revd. 
Mr. Samuel How. 

The exercises of the church being ended, the Society returned in the same 
order of procession to the place of their sitting and proceeded to business. 

The Committee appointed at the last meeting to report such measures 
as would insure a more punctual attendance of the members at the anniversary 
meetings of this Society, made report that, in their opinion, several of its 
members are not in a situation to bear the expenses of such attendance, con- 
sistent with the duties they owe to their families, and therefore recommend, 
that there be an allowance of $10 made to each member whose place of resi- 
dence is more than 17 miles from the place of meeting of the Society in lieu 
of traveling expenses and that the Treasurer on their application be author- 
ized and directed to pay the same out of any unappropriated monies in his 
hands. 

Application having been made in behalf of Captain Jacob Piatt, an orig- 
inal member, for the Book of Constitution and Register, together with his 
diploma. Resolved, that the said diploma and Book of Constitution and Reg- 
ister be delivered to the President, to be transmitted to him by the first con- 
venient opportunity. 

Resolved, that the exposition of the seal of this Society as prepared by 
General Bloomfield and printed, be distributed, one copy to each member, to 
be inserted in his book of the Institution in the page next following the cer- 
tificate of membership, and that the Treasurer do pay $2.50 for the expenses 
thereof to General Bloomfield, who is requested to accept the thanks of the 
Society for this renewed instance of his attention to its concerns. 

The President having laid before the Society a communication from Wil- 
liam Jackson, of Philadelphia, accompanied by certain resolutions of the 
Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati, 

Resolved, unanimously, that this Society do accord with the sense of 
the meeting above mentioned and as above expressed, that the surviving of- 
ficers of the Revolutionary Army here present, who are embraced in the said 
resolves of Congress, do approve of the appointment of the Solicitor above 
named and they do hereby instruct him to act for them accordingly, and fur- 
ther, that the Secretary of this Society do transmit under its seal to Major 
Jackson, a copy of this resolution. 

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Resolved, that Col. Ogden be a committee to correspond with Major 
Jackson on the subject of the above resolution. 

1819. 

The President announced the death of Col. Wessel T. Stout, a member 
of this Society, whereupon resolved, that in honor of the memory of our de- 
ceased brother, the Society will wear mourning by crape on the left arm for 
the space of thirty days. 

The Military attending for the purpose of escorting the Society, they, to- 
gether with the Citizens, walked in procession to the Presbyterian Church 
to attend the exercises appointed for the day, when after a prayer by the Revd. 
Dr. McDowell, the reading of the Declaration of Independence, an oration was 
delivered by Oliver S. Halstead, Esq. 

Resolved, that the resolution entered into at the last meeting so far as 
respects the authority or instruction given to Major William Jackson to act 
for them as solicitor, be and the same is hereby rescinded, and that it be the 
duty of the Secretary to transmit a copy of the above resolution under seal to 
Major Jackson. 

Application having been made by Mr. William Hyer for the Book of 
Constitution and Register, Resolved, that a Certificate with the Register be 
delivered to him by the Secretary, in the right of his deceased brother, Jacob 
Hyer, an original member. 

1820. 

The President announced the death of Moses Sprowle, a member of this 
Society, whereupon 

Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our deceased brother, the So- 
ciety will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm for the space of thirty 
days. 

The Military attending, the Society, together with the Citizens, walked in 
procession to the Presbyterian Church to attend the exercises appointed for the 
day. When, after prayer by the Revd. Mr. How and the reading of the Dec- 
laration of Independence, an oration was delivered by William Halstead, Esqr. 

The exercises at the church being ended, the Society proceeded in the 
same order of procession to the place of their sitting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to William Halsted, 
Esq., for the handsome notice taken by him of this Society in his address to 
them, in his very excellent and interesting oration of this day, and that he 
be requested to favor the Society with his company at dinner. 

Applications having been made to the Committee by Enoch Shute for 
a renewal of a diploma of his brother, the late Capt. Samuel M. Shute, in 
consequence of the original being in a highly mutilated state, which was pro- 
duced to the Standing Committee. The Standing Committee recommend 
that a new diploma, similar to the former, be filled up and delivered to the 
said Enoch Shute. (Handed the original diploma to Genl. Bloomfield, who 
engaged to make one agreeably to this resolution from a blank diploma in his 
possession — G. C. B.). 

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It having been represented that the book of Bye-Laws and Constitution of 
this Society, which had been delivered to Mr. Anthony Reckless, the original 
member, has been lost or mislaid. It is Ordered, that a book be issued to the 
present member, Mr. Joseph W. Reckless in the name of the original member, 
under an assurance to return the latter book, if the first shall be found, and 
that the President specify in the book that it is a duplicate. (Delivered the 
book with a copy of this minute to Genl. Bloomfield September ii, 1821, 
and delivered book to Mr. Reckless. G. C. B.). 

Resolved, that the unbound books of the By-Laws and Rules of this So- 
ciety now in the hands of Genl. John Beatty be delivered over to the Secre- 
tary, to be by him preserved to the further order of the Society. 

Resolved, that the Secretary deliver to the President a copy of the Bye- 
Laws and Rules of this Society, bound in red Morocco, to be deposited by the 
President in the Office of the Department of War. Delivered book to Genl. 
Bloomfield.) 

Resolved, that it become an order that a Special Committee previous 
to each anniversary, do select some suitable person to deliver a discourse be- 
fore the Society as well for the purpose of inculcating those principles which 
form its basis, as of tracing the causes which led to the American Revolution, 
and which attended and preceded that vast event, and showing the influence 
which it has had and probably will have on the morals, religion and politics of 
the Society in general, together with such other matters as to him may seem 
pertinent and proper, and that due compensation be made from the funds of 
the Society for such services, and for the next anniversary that Genl. Gum- 
ming and Col. Ogden be a committee to carry this into effect. 

1821. 

The President announced the death of the following members : Dr. 
Jabez Campfield and David Higbee Brearley. 

Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our deceased brethern, the So- 
ciety will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm for the space of thirty 
days. 

The Military attending for the purpose of escorting the Society, they, 
together with the Citizens, walked in procession to the Presbyterian Church, to 
attend the exercises appointed for the day, where, after a prayer by the Revd. 
Dr. McDowell and the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the 
Revd. Dr. Hunter, an oration was delivered by Dr. Ebenezer Elmer, who had 
been appointed to that duty. The exercises of the church being ended, the 
Society returned in the same order of procession to the place of their sitting 
and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Genl. Elmer for 
his very appropriate oration, and that he be requested to deliver the same to 
the Secretary in order that it may be placed among the archives. 

Application having been made by Abraham Stout through Col. Ira Stout, 
his brother, for a renewal of a diploma which has been destroyed, the Com- 
mittee recommend that a new diploma similar to the former be filled up and 
delivered to his brother. Col. Ira Stout, to be forwarded by him. 

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Genl. Beatty made the following report : 

Whereas, it is declared to be one great and leading object in the formation 
of this Society to keep alive and render permanent that cordial affection 
which commenced under the pressure of danger, and which cemented the of- 
ficers together at the dissolution of the Army, and whereas, from the scattered 
and remote situation of the few now surviving members of this Band of 
Brothers, little or no opportunity is afforded in the common intercourse of 
life of cherishing and perpetuating those mutual endearing ties of friend- 
ship, by an interchange of those sentiments of early attachment and esteem. 
It has become highly desirable for this purpose that a full and general meeting 
of the members be had, at least on each Anniversary. And as it is found 
that the interest arising out of the funds of this Society are more than are 
annually disbursed in acts of beneficence, in order, therefore, to assist those 
members who cannot conveniently spare the means of traveling a distance, and 
to animate all to attend ; Resolved, that in future each attending member shall 
be entitled to receive of the Treasurer the sum of one-fifth of a dollar for 
every mile he shall have traveled (by the most direct route) from his place 
of residence to the place of meeting of the Society in each year. Provided, 
nevertheless, and it is hereby expressly declared, that the accustomed char- 
ities and such others, as may be dictated by a spirit of brotherly kindness 
towards those officers and their families, who unfortunately may be under the 
necessity of receiving them, be first provided for ; and provided also, that this 
disbursement for traveling expenses shall in no one year exceed the sum 
of two hundred dollars. Which report being read, was approved. 

The President announced the decease on the 6th instant of Genl. John 
Noble Gumming, late Vice-President of the Society. Whereupon Resolved, 
that the members of this Society wear crape on the left arm for thirty days. 

1822. 

The President announced the death of Dr. Lewis Dunham and Dr. Elias 
Boudinot. 

Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our deceased brethren, the 
Society will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm for the space of thirty 
days. 

The Military attending, the Society, together with the Citizens, walked in 
procession to the Presbyterian Church, to attend the exercises appointed for 
the day, when, after a prayer by the Revd. Mr. Armstrong and the reading of 
the Declaration of Independence, an oration was delivered by Genl. Elmer. 

The exercises of the church being ended, the Society returned in the same 
order of procession to the place of their sitting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Genl. Elmer for 
his very appropriate oration and that he be requested to deliver the same to 
the Secretary, that it may be placed among the archives. 

Resolved, that the blank diplomas now deposited in the State Bank of 
Elizabeth, together with the unbound books of Bye-Laws and Rules of the 
Society of the Cincinnati of this State, be deposited in the Bank of Trenton, 

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where the public stock or funds of the Society remain and that the Secretary 
cause this resolution to be carried into effect. 

Resolved, that so much of the order of this Society made on the 4th of 
July, 1820, directing a Committee to select some suitable person to deliver a 
discourse before the Society so far, only, as the same resolution authorizes 
that due compensation be made from the funds of the Society for such services 
be, and the same is hereby rescinded. 

1823. 

The President announced the death of Genl. Ercuries Beatty, late Treas- 
urer of this Society and the Revd. Andrew Hunter. Whereupon Resolved, 
that in honor of the memory of our deceased friends and brethern, the usual 
badge of mourning by a crape round the left arm be worn by the members 
for the space of thirty days. 

The Military attending for the purpose of escorting the Society, they, to- 
gether with the Citizens, walked in procession to the First Presbyterian Church 
where, after a prayer by the Revd. Dr. McDowell and the reading of the Dec- 
laration of Independence by the Secretary, an oration was delivered by Major 
Peter Kean, who had been selected for that purpose. 

The exercises of the church being ended, the Society returned in the 
same order of procession to the place of their sitting and proceeded to 
business. 

Resolved unanimously, that the thanks of this Society be given to Major 
Kean for the very eloquent and truly patriotic oration publicly delivered by 
him this day in the presence of a very large and respectable assembly of the 
public authorities. Citizens and Military of this Borough and its vicinity, con- 
vened on an occasion so deeply interesting to the whole American people. 

Resolved, that the very pathetic and affecting elogium bestowed by him 
in his address upon the surviving members, and in an especial manner upon 
our departed brethern of the Cincinnati, be held in most grateful remembrance 
by the Society, and that our just sense thereof be manifested by the entry of 
these resolutions upon our Journals, and by requesting the President to cause 
a copy thereof, under his signature, to be addressed or delivered to Major 
Kean by the Secretary, accompanied with a request that he would furnish a 
copy of the same to be deposited in the archives of the Society. 

Applications having been made by Captain Cyrus DeHart, Major James 
Heard and Theophilus M. Elmer for each a copy of The Constitution and 
Bye-Laws of this Society; Resolved, that they be delivered to them by the 
Secretary. (Books delivered). 

Resolved, that in future the Secretary be authorized on application made 
to him, to deliver to such members as may apply, a copy of the Constitution 
and Bye Laws of this Society, provided he shall be satisfied that a copy has 
not before been delivered to the applicant, or to any person through whom 
he derived his right to membership. 

The Secretary reported : that, pursuant to the order of the Society, 
passed at the last meeting, he obtained from the cashier of the State Bank at 
Elizabeth, the blank diplomas which had been deposited there for safe keeping, 

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and transmitted them to Genl. Beatty, by whom he is informed that they were 
received and deposited by him in the Trenton Bank. And that the unbound 
books of the Constitution, Bye-Laws and Register of this Society be left at 
Trenton with Col. Beatty, which Genl. Beatty also acknowledges to have re- 
ceived and deposited agreeably to the order of the Society. 

Genl. Bloomfield informed the Society that he has transmitted to Isaac 
Cox Barnet, a diploma in the name of William Barnet and also a copy of 
the Constitution and Bye-Laws of the Society, and that Isaac Cox Barnet has 
remitted the amount required by the resolution of the 4th of July, 1822, and 
which he is ready to pay to the Treasurer. 

1824. 

The Society having been deprived by death of its President and Vice- 
President, General Elmer was appointed Chairman, and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our deceased brethren, viz : 
General Joseph Bloomfield, late President of the Society; Jeremiah Ballard, 
Esq., late Vice-President; Major Almarine Brooks; Captain Samuel Hendry, 
and Dr. Oliver H. Spencer, the Society wear mourning by crape on the left 
arm for the space of thirty days. 

The Military attending, the Society, together with the citizens, walked in 
procession to the Presbyterian Church to attend the exercises appointed for 
the day, when, after a prayer by the Rev. Mr. W. Filer and the reading of the 
Declaration of Independence by Robert L. Armstrong, Esq., an oration was 
delivered by the Rev. Symes C. Henry, who had been selected for that purpose. 

The exercises at the church being ended, the Society returned in the 
same order of procession to the place of their meeting and proceeded to 
business. 

Resolved unanimously, that the thanks of the Society be given to the 
Revd. Symes C. Henry for the very eloquent and truly appropriate address 
publicly delivered by him before the Society this day, and that he be respect- 
fully requested to deliver a copy thereof to the Secretary to be preserved in 
the archives of the Society. 

Resolved, that whenever a member of this Society removes from this 
State to another in which a State Society exists, he shall be considered in all 
respects as belonging to the Society of the State in which he shall actually 
reside. 

Resolved unanimously, that while this Society are commemorating on this 
National Jubilee, those vast events by which, under the pleasure of the Su- 
preme Governor of the universe, the freedom, independence and sovereignty 
of these United States were achieved and established, and are contemplating 
with delight and astonishment the present and future greatness and dignity of 
these growing and rising republics, confederated by indissoluble bonds into one 
great Empire, they hold in lively and grateful remembrance the zeal and ser- 
vices of their illustrious companion in arms, Major-General Lafayette, and do 
Resolve, that there shall be a Special Meeting of the Society at such time and 
place as to the following Committee, viz : General Dayton, General Beatty and 
Honorable William S. Pennington, may seem most appropriate, in order that 

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on the arrival of this adopted son of Washington in this favored land, the So- 
ciety in one body may bid him hail and welcome to the hearts of freemen, and 
present to him some suitable testimonial of their profound veneration and 
most cordial affection of their highest respect for his private virtues as a cit- 
izen, his public character as a patriot and soldier, and as the firm and tried 
friend of those exalted rights and liberties of human nature, to maintain 
which, in the arduous revolutionary struggle, he most generously and most 
nobly fought and bled. 

Ordered, that in calculating the mileage of members for attending the 
Society, no allowance is to be made for traveling beyond the limits of the 
State, agreeably to the existing rule on that subject. 

* Resolved unanimously, that the thanks of the Society be presented to 
the President for convening the members at this place, for the purpose of 
meeting General Lafayette, their friaid and compatriot. 

Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to prepare an address, to be 
delivered to General Lafayette upon his meeting this Society, and that the 
President, General Giles and General Beatty be the Committee. 

1825. 

The President announced the death of the following members, viz : Gen- 
eral Jonathan Dayton and Captain James Anderson. Resolved, that in honor 
of the memory of our deceased brethern, the Society will wear mourning by a 
crape on the left arm for the space of thirty days. 

The Society, together with the Citizens, walked in procession to the 
Presbyterian Church, to attend the exercises appointed for the day, when, 
after a prayer by the Revd. Mr. Sargent and the reading of the Declaration 
of Independence, an address was delivered by the Revd. Dr. Rudd. The 
exercises being ended, the Society returned in the same order of procession to 
the place of their sitting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to the Revd. Dr. 
Rudd, for the truly appropriate address publicly delivered by him before 
the Society this day, and that he be respectfully requested to deliver a copy 
thereof to the Secretary, to be preserved among the archives of the Society. 

Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to call upon the administrators 
to the estate of Genl. Jonathan Dayton, and respectfully to request of them, 
the diplomas belong-ing to this Society, which were in his possession at the 
time of his death and that Genl. Elmer and Genl. Beatty be the Committee. 

1826. 

The President announced the death of the following members, to wit : 
Genl. Giles, Col. Ephraim L. Whitlock, Genl. John Heard and Genl. 

John Beatty, late Treasurer of this Society. 

Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our deceased brethren, the 

Society will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm for the space of thirty 

days. 



"Minutes passed at special meeting of the Society called at Trenton, Sept, 25, 1824, W. T. 
B. S. Imlay, Secretary. 

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Resolved, that a Committee of three persons be appointed to receive and 
open the Treasurer's trunk and that Col. Kinney, WilHam Hyer and Joseph 
W. Scott be the Committee. 

The said Committee made the report as follows, viz : 

I Roll Diplomas, 25 in number. 

I Roll Diplomas, ^t, in number. 

20 Copies of Red Book. 

20 Copies of Red Book. 

18 Copies of Red Book. 

20 Copies of Red Book. 

Certificate of 6 per cent, stock of the United States, No. 2,651, for $10,000. 

I Book of Treasurers' accounts, posted. 

I Book of Treasurers' accounts, not posted. 

Sundry accounts, vouchers and documents, abstracts of which are entered 
in the books. Another bundle of the same. Which report was accepted. 

The Military attending, the Society together with the Citizens, walked 
in procession to the Presbyterian Church, to attend the exercises appointed 
for the day, when, after a prayer by the Revd. Mr. Smith, and the reading of 
the Declaration of Independence by J. W. Scott, Esqr., an oration was de- 
livered by Robt. L. Armstrong, Esqr., who had been previously appointed for 
that purpose. 

The exercises of the church being ended, the Society returned in the 
same order of procession to the place of their meeting and proceeded to bus- 
iness. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Robert L. Arm- 
strong, Esqr., for the eloquent and very appropriate oration and that he be 
requested to deliver a copy of the same to the Secretary, that it may be placed 
among the archives. 

Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to continue the record of the 
Book of By-Laws and Rules of this State Society, by stating the deaths, 
removals and admission of members up to the present time, and that Joseph 
Ellis Bloomfield and the Secretary be a Committee for that purpose. 

The Committee appointed at the last meeting to attend the General So- 
ciety of the Cincinnati at Philadelphia made a verbal communication ; ordered, 
that they be continued and report thereon at the next meeting. 

The Committee appointed on a Communication from a Committee of the 
surviving Revolutionary officers of the State of Massachusetts, which was laid 
before the Society at the last meeting, made a report in writing by way of let- 
ter (accompanied with a statement of the case of the surviving officers of the 
Revolution, who continued in service to the end of the war). 

Which, being read, was approved, and on motion Resolved, that the 
thanks of the Society be given to the said Committee, and that the said Com- 
mittee be continued. 

1827. 

The President announced the death of the Hon. William S. Pennington, 
a member of this Society. 

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Resolved, that in memory of our deceased brother, this Society will wear 
mourning by a crape on the left arm for the space of thirty days. 

The Society, together with the Citizens, walked in procession to the First 
Presbyterian Church, when, after prayer by the Revd. Dr. McDowell, and 
the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Revd. P. C. Hay, an 
oration was delivered by Col. Joseph W. Scott, who had been previously' ap- 
pointed by the Society. 

The exercises of the church being ended, the Society returned in the same 
order of procession to the place of meeting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Col. J. W. Scott 
for his eloquent and very appropriate oration and that he be requested to de- 
liver a copy to the Secretary that it may be placed among the archives. 

The Standing Committee beg leave to suggest to the Society the propriety 
of altering the First Section of the Bye-Laws by striking out of the said Sec- 
tion, the word "Elizabeth Town," and inserting in place thereof "Newark or 
New Brunswick." 

The Society ordered, that the consideration thereof be postponed to the 
next annual meeting. 

* Resolved, that any original member of this State Society or any person 
admitted in the place of an original member, resident out of this State, be 
entitled to a seat as member of this Society in all respects, excepting as is ex- 
cepted in the report of the Standing Committee of this day. 

The Committee appointed to bring up the record of the Book of Bye-Laws 
and Rules of this State Society, etc., made report in writing which, being 
read, was approved and ordered to be filed. 

Mr. Joseph Elias Bloomfield presented a copy of the Book of Bye-Laws 
and Rules of this Society, which had been kept by his uncle. General Bloom- 
field, whilst President of the Society, and in which he had noted the deaths, 
removals, and admissions of members to the time of his death. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Mr. Joseph E. 
Bloomfield for his very valuable present, and that it be safely kept by the Sec- 
retary among the archives of this Society. 

The Committee appointed to attend the General Society of the Cincinnati 
at Philadelphia on November i, 1825, made report, accompanied by a cer- 
tified copy of the proceedings of the delegates from the several State Societies 
of the Cincinnati convened in General Society of November i, 1825, which 
was approved and the said proceedings ordered to be filed. 

Resolved, that this Society do agree to the alteration thereby recom- 
mended in the Constitution of the General Society, which alteration is as fol- 
lows : 

1st. That whenever a vacancy shall happen in regard to any of the 
officers of the General Society, it shall be the duty of the Secretary-General 
or (in case it should have happened as to him) of the Assistant Secretary- 
General, to give notice accordingly to the president of each State Society, 
whose duty it shall be at their next Anniversary Meeting to ballot for some 

*This relates to post paying mileage out of the State. W. T. B. S. Imlay, Secretary. 

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suitable person to supply such vacancy whose name shall be transmitted to 
such Secretary or Assistant Secretary-General as the case may be, who shall 
thereupon count up the votes, and the person who shall have a plurality of 
votes, shall succeed to such vacancy, and in case of an equality of votes, the 
one of them who may be senior in age, shall be the successor. 

2(1. It shall be the duty of the officers of the General Society to meet 
at the City of Philadelphia on the ist Monday in May, at least once in every 
three years, according to their own appointment or a notice from the Presi- 
dent-General, and they or as many as shall convene, shall be a board, under 
such rules as they may prescribe, to transact such business as might be trans- 
acted at a meeting of the General Society, and to call such General Meetings 
as often as the exigencies of the Society may seem to require. 

(Amendments to Constitution, General Society.) 

Col. Ogden, from the Committee on the claims of the surviving officers of 
the Revolution, made a communication to the Society thereon, which was 
approved and ordered to be filed. 

Resolved, that diplomas be issued to the following persons in right of 
their respective Fathers, viz : 

Joseph W. Scott, Esqr., Robt. L. Armstrong, Esqr., Major John J. 
Plume, in the right of his uncle, Dr. Garret Van Wagenen, and to William 
Shute. 

Ordered, that the Standing Committee meet to transact the business of 
the Society, on the evening previous to its anniversary meeting. 

1828. 

The Society proceeded to appoint an Orderly Sergeant, when Albert 
Voorhies, Sergeant of the Revolution, was appointed orderly for this Society. 

The Society, together with the Citizens, walked in procession to the 
Presbyterian Church, when, after prayer by the Revd. Luther Halsey, Jr., 
and the reading of the Declaration of Independence, a very eloquent and 
appropriate oration was delivered by the Revd. P. C. Hay, who had been pre- 
viously appointed by the Society. The exercises of the church being ended, 
the Society returned in the same order of procession to the place of meeting and 
proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Revd. P. C. 
Hay, for his eloquent and very appropriate oration, and that he be requested to 
deliver a copy to the Secretary, that it may be placed among the archives. 

Resolved, that the Society of Cincinnati agree to abstain from the use of 
ardent spirits at dinner on this day. 

Resolved, that whenever William Shute, an original member of this 
Society, residing out of the State, shall attend a meeting of the Society, he 
shall be entitled to receive mileage not exceeding Twenty dollars. 

The Society then proceeded with the business postponed from last annual 
meeting relative to the alteration of the ist Section of the Bye-Laws; on a 
vote being taken, it was decided in the negative. 

1829. 

The President announced the death of George Clinton Barber, Esq., late 

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Secretary of this Society, whereupon it was Resolved, that in memory of our 
deceased brother this Society will wear the usual mourning by a crape on the 
left arm for the space of thirty days. 

Major Plume, of the Committee appointed to procure the binding of i8 
copies of the Red Book of the Constitution, Bye-Laws and Rules, bound in 
the uniform manner in which the others have been bound, reported that they 
had performed that service, and presented the books accordingly. The fol- 
lowing members present received each a copy, viz : Rev. P. C. Hay, Major 
J. J. Plume, Col. J. W. Scott, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Esqr., Genl. G. D. 
Wall and Charles Ewing, Esqr., and one placed in the hands of Major^inney 
for Dr. Lewis Condict. 

Letters from the Hon. Lewis Condict and Charles Ewing, Esqr., appoint- 
ed Honorary Members at the last meeting were read and ordered to be filed. 

The Society, together with the Citizens, accompanied by a very handsome 
military escort, walked in procession to the First Presbyterian Church, when, 
after a prayer by the Revd. Dr. McDowell and the reading of the Declaration 
of Lidependence by the Revd. P. C. Hay, a very eloquent and appropriate 
oration was delivered by Theo. Frelinghuysen, Esq., who had been previously 
appointed by the Society. The exercises in the church being ended, the So- 
ciety returned in the same order of procession to the house of E. Nor, place 
of meeting, being a very stormy day, and proceeded to business. 

On motion Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Theo. 
Frelinghuysen, Esqr., for his eloquent and very appropriate oration, and that 
he be requested to deliver a copy to the Secretary, that it may be placed among 
the archives. 

The Committee report to the Society that of the sum paid at the 
last meeting for the expenses of the Society, the sum of Twenty-four dol- 
lars, eighty-seven and half cents, was improperly charged and paid for the 
tavern bills of certain of the members. The Committee have with reluctance, 
passed so much of this bill at this time, and they take occasion to an- 
nounce that except by the instructions of the Society they will not allow such 
bills in time to come. 

The Standing Committee beg leave to recommend to the Society to pass a 
resolution, refusing traveling expenses after this day to any other than orig- 
inal members. 

It appeared to the Standing Committee that on the occasion of the late 
application of the surviving officers of the Revolution to Congress for relief, 
this Society loaned to the applicants the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, 
to be returned to them only in case Congress should pass some law in relief. 
It now appears to the Committee that a law in relief has been passed and that 
therefore, the said sum of one hundred and fifty dollars heretofore advanced 
to the President of the Society in pursuance of the foregoing resolution, ought 
to be returned that the same may be applied to the objects of benevolence and 
charity contemplated in the formation of this Society. All of which is re- 
spectfully submitted. 

On motion Ordered, that the report of Messrs. Bloomfield and Barber 
bringing up the report of deaths and admissions in this Society, be entered 

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on the minutes. Resolved, that Major Plume be a Committee to bring up the 
record of deaths and admissions to this time, and have fifty copies of it print- 
ed for the members of the Society, to be paid for by the Treasurer. 

On motion Resolved, that so much of any resolution of this Society as 
authorizes the payment of Traveling Expenses of attending the meetings to 
others than the original members of the Society, be repealed. The consider- 
ation of which resolution was postponed to the next annual meeting. 

1830. 

The President announced the death of Capt. Luther Halsey, an original 
member of this Society, whereupon it was Resolved, that in memory of our 
deceased brother, this Society will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm 
for the space of thirty days. 

Col. Plume, from the Committee to bring up the record of the Red Book 
of Rules, etc., and to have them printed, reported that he had performed that 
service and presented the 50 copies accordingly. 

The Society, having been invited by the Citizens to join them in pro- 
cession, they accepted the invitation and proceeded to the church, where, after 
a prayer and the Declaration of Independence being read by a member, a very 
pathetic address was delivered by the Revd. Mr. Reeves; the exercises being 
ended in the church, the Society returned and proceeded to business. Resolved, 
that the Treasurer come prepared to make his report to the Standing Com- 
mittee in reference to the funds of the Society before the appointed time of 
meeting. 

Resolved, that all applications for relief which shall have been handed 
to the Standing Committee before the meeting of the Society, shall be given 
in as soon as the Society shall convene and that all applications afterwards 
shall be referred directly to the Society. 

Resolved, that the resolution passed July 4, 1828, allowing to Major Shute 
$20 traveling expenses, be repealed and that the Treasurer be authorized to 
pay him mileage from Jersey City. 

* Resolved, that the ist Bye- Law and Rule of this Society as passed in 
1806 be so far dispensed with as that the Society at their next annual meeting 
shall meet at Newark instead of Elizabeth Town, which resolution was neg- 
atived, a motion was made to reconsider the vote, and carried, and the Resolu- 
tion was adopted. 

Genl. G. D. Wall was appointed orator. 

1831. 

The Society and Citizens walked in procession to the Third Presbyterian 
Church, when, after a prayer by the Revd. Mr. Dickinson and the reading of 
the Declaration of Independence by Wm. Pennington, Esqr., an address was 
delivered by Genl. Wall, who had been previously appointed by the Society, 
the exercises in the church being ended, the Society returned in the same order 
of procession to the Mansion House Hotel, and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be presented to Genl. Wall, 

*No such by-law or rule -was passed in 1806, but it was passed July 5, 1790. W. T. B. S. 
Imlay, Secretary. 

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orator of the day for his instructive address, and, he be requested to present 
to the Secretary a copy of his oration to be deposited in the archives of the 
Society. 

Resolved, that a Committee be appointed by the President to report to 
the Society at tlieir next meeting canons or rules of succession as to mem- 
bership. 

1832. 

The President announced to the Society the death of Capt. Cyrus DeHart, 
an original member, whereupon it was Resolved, that the usual badge of 
mourning by a crape on the left arm be worn for thirty days. 

The Secretary was directed to inform Messrs. Dayton and Barber of 
their admission, they appeared, were introduced, and took their seats. 

Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to obtain the Bye-Laws and 
Rules of the different State Societies of Cincinnati in respect to those who are 
entitled to the benevolence of a distribution of the funds of said Societies, and 
that the President appoint said Committee. Genl. Wall, Col. Scott and Col. 
Plume were appointed. 

Col. Scott, from the Committee appointed at the last meeting respecting 
Canons or Rules of succession as to membership, stated they were not ready 
to report. Ordered, that said Committee be continued and that they report to 
the next meeting. 

1833- 

The President announced to the Society the deaths of Major John Kin- 
ney, an original member, and Chas. Ewing, Esqr., an honorary member, 
whereupon it was Resolved, that the usual badge of mourning be worn for 
thirty days. 

The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and approved. The 
Society, together with the Citizens, walked in procession to the First Presby- 
terian Church, where an address was delivered by Dr. Lewis Condict, who 
had been previously appointed by the Society. The exercises in the church 
being ended, the Society returned in the same order of procession and pro- 
ceeded to business. 

Resolved, that a vote of thanks be presented to the Hon. Dr. Lewis 
Condict for his excellent and appropriate address, and that he be requested to 
furnish a copy to be deposited in our archives. 

The Committee respecting Canons or Rules of succession as to mem- 
bership, not being ready to report in consequence of the death of Charles 
Ewing, Esqr., Resolved that A. O. Dayton, Esqr., be added to the Com- 
mittee, and that they be requested to report. 

1834. 

The President announced to the Society the death of Dr. John A Hendry, 
whereupon it was Resolved, that the usual badge of mourning be worn for 
thirty days. 

The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and approved. 

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The Society, together with the Citizens, accompanied by a very hand- 
some military escort, walked in procession to the Presbyterian Church, where, 
after a prayer and the reading of the Declaration of Independence, a very 
eloquent and appropriate oration was deHvered by William Pennington, Esqr., 
who had been previously appointed by the Society. The exercises in the 
church being ended, the Society returned in the same order of procession to 
the place of meeting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to William Pen- 
nington, Esqr., for his oration and that he be requested to furnish a copy to be 
deposited in our archives. 

The President submitted to the Society the following resolutions, which 
were unanimously adopted : 

Resolved, ist. That the New Jersey State Society of Cincinnati are sol- 
emly impressed by the death of their illustrious brother Lafayette, who in 
life, in relation to the great family of mankind, was the foremost in inces- 
sant attentions to preserve inviolate, the exalted rights and liberties of human 
nature. 

In relation to these United States, a gallant and great commander, the 
last of her revolutionary Major-Generals, an accomplished and finished gentle- 
man, the friend and companion of our Washington, second to none but him in 
promoting the cause of Independence, and who will stand next him on the 
pinnacle of fame. 

Nonien decus et venerable in onine avum eternum. 

And in his relations to the Cincinnati, exceeded by none in brotherly kind- 
ness in all things, and particularly in the most substantial acts of beneficence 
to the unfortunate of their families. 

2d. Resolved, that as a mark of respect, each member of the Society will 
wear the usual badge of mourning for six months and as a matter of more 
interest, treasure up his memory in their hearts. 

3d. Resolved, that the Orator of this Society for the next Anniversary, 
pronounce an eulogium on his character and services, to be preserved among 
their archives forever. 

4th. Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to draft and report to 
this meeting, a suitable letter of condolence to the family of the deceased, from 
his brethern of this State Society, among whom there are some 
who fought with him at Brandywine on the plains of Monmouth, 
who were under his immediate command in his memorable campaign 
in Virginia in seventeen hundred and eighty-one, at the siege of Yorktown and 
the capture of Lord Cornwallis and his army, and who belonged to his beloved 
corps of light infantry. 

Messrs. Southard, Wall, Pennington, Armstrong and Dayton were ap- 
pointed the committee. 

1835- 

The Society, together with the Citizens, walked in procession to the First 
Presbyterian Church to attend the exercises appointed for the day, when, after 
a prayer and the reading of the Declaration of Independence, a very eloquent 

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and appropriate oration was delivered by Aaron O. Dayton, Esqr., who had 
been previously appointed by the Society. 

The exercises in the church, being ended, the Society returned in the same 
order of procession to the place of meeting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks for his oration be presented by the Society to 
Aaron O. Dayton, Esqr., and that he be requested to furnish a copy to be 
deposited in our archives. 

The Citizens of the Borough of Elizabeth, having expressed an earnest 
desire that the oration this day delivered before the Society in commemoration 
of the character and services of General LaFayette, in pursuance of a resolu- 
tion passed at the last annual meeting, should be published. And the Society 
as well on account of their respect for the character and services of Genl. 
LaFayette, as the beneficial effect that they may have in promoting the good 
of mankind. Resolved, that Aaron O. Dayton, Esqr., be at liberty to comply 
with such request, if he sees proper. 

1836. 

The President announced to the Society the death of Capt. Wm. Tuttle, 
whereupon it was Resolved, that the usual badge of mourning be worn for 
thirty days. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Wm. Halsted, 
Esqr., for his oration and that he be requested to furnish a copy to be de- 
posited in our archives. 

1837- 

The President announced to the Society the death of Wm. Lloyd, where- 
upon it was Resolved, that the usual badge of mourning be worn for thirty 
days. 

The Society, together with the Citizens, walked in procession to the 
Presbyterian Church, where, after a prayer and the reading of the Declaration 
of Independence, a very eloquent oration was delivered by the Hon. S. L. 
Southard, who had been previously appointed by the Society. 

The exercises in the church being ended, the Society returned in the same 
order of procession to the place of meeting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to the Hon. S. L. 
Southard for his oration, and that he be requested to furnish a copy to be de- 
posited in our archives. 

1838. 

In the absence of Genl. Elmer, the Vice-President, it was on motion 
Resolved, that Major Shute be appointed Vice-President pro tem. 

The Military attending, the Society, together with the Citizens, walked 
in procession to the State House, to attend the exercises appointed for the day 
when, after a prayer and the reading of the Declaration of Independence by 
J. W. Scott, Esq., an oration was delivered by Robert D. Spencer, Esq., who 
had been previously appointed for that purpose. 

The exercises being ended, the Society returned to the place of their 
meeting and proceeded to business. 

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Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be presented to the orator and 
that he furnish a copy of his oration to be deposited in the archives of the 
Society. 

1839. 

The Vice-President announced to the Society the death of Col. Aaron 
Ogden, late President, and of Col. R. L. Armstrong, late a member of this 
Society, whereupon it was Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our de- 
ceased brethern the Society will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm 
for the space of thirty days. 

The Society, together with the Citizens, walked in procession to the First 
Presbyterian Church, when, after a prayer by the Revd. Mr. Magie and the 
reading of the Declaration of Independence by Col. Scott, an oration was de- 
livered by the Hon. Mahlon Dickerson, who had been previously appointed 
for that purpose. The exercises being ended, the Society returned to the 
place of meeting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be presented to the orator and 
that he be requested to furnish a copy to be deposited In our archives. 

1840. 

The Vice-President announced to the Society the death of Col. Sheppard 
Kollock, an original member of this Society, whereupon it was Resolved, that 
in honor of the memory of our deceased brother, the Society will wear mourn- 
ing by a crape on the left arm for the space of thirty days. 

1841. 

The Vice-President announced to the Society the death of William Hyer, 
Esq. Whereupon it was Resolved, that the usual badge of mourning be worn 
on the left arm for thirty days. 

The Pennsylvania Society by invitation, united with us and walked in 
procession to the Baptist Church, where, after a prayer by the Revd. Mr. Bur- 
roughs and the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Hon. Mah- 
lon Dickerson, an oration was delivered by Col. J. W. Scott. 

The exercises in the church being ended, the Society returned to their 
place of meeting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be presented to Col. J. W. Scott 
for his oration, and that he be requested to furnish a copy to be deposited in 
our archives. 

1842. 

The Vice-President announced to the Society the death of Major Wm. 
Shute, late President of the Society, and the Hon. Samuel L. Southard, an 
honorary member, whereupon It was Resolved, that the usual badge of mourn- 
ing be worn on the left arm for thirty days. 

The Society, together with the Corporation and the Citizens, walked in 
procession to the Second Presbyterian Church, when, after prayer by the 
Revd. Mr. Magie and the reading of the Declaration of Independence by Mr. 
Spencer, an oration was delivered by Capt. W. C. DeHart. The exercises of 

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the church being ended, the Society returned to their place of meeting and 
proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be presented to the orator for 
his oration and that he be requested to furnish a copy to be deposited in our 
archives. 

1843. 

The following letter addressed to the President by the Hon. Garrett D. 
Wall was read to the Society : 

Burlington, July 4, 1843. 
Dear Sir : 

Being prevented by the order of my Physician from attending your meet- 
ing this day, I wish to submit to the Society a proposition which will show 
that my heart is with you. 

New Jersey is strewed with monuments of the Revolution, which must 
forever remind posterity of the deeds of our Revolutionary Fathers, but pos- 
terity has not fulfilled its duty to perpetuate as far as human labors can do, 
the noble deeds, which while they secured, illustrate our glorious Independ- 
ence. The victory at Trenton stands foremost among the events of the Revo- 
lution. It may be considered the day spring of that event, breaking in the 
darkest night of gloom and despondency upon the patriots of the day. Does 
not gratitude, as well as that noble pride which springs from the recollection 
of glorious deeds — 

"Bid us proclaim to deathless fame 
Our fathers matchless daring." 

From whom can the initiatory step come so appropriately as the Society 
of Cincinnati? Is it not their duty to set the example of perpetuating by a 
Monument that glorious event? Are not the people of New Jersey ripe for 
it? Will not the proposition be hailed with a burst of patriotic enthusiasm? 
We have now peace, prosperity, then make the experiment. 

The letter having been read, was referred for further consideration to a 
Committee, consisting of Genl. Wall, Gov. Pennington, Hon. Mahlon Dicker- 
son, Col. Scott, Capt. DeHart and Mr. Spencer, with a request that they make 
report at the next meeting of the Society. 

1844. 

The Vice-President announced to the Society the death of Genl. Ebenezer 
Elmer, late President of the Society and the last of the original members, and 
of Genl. Morgan Lewis, President-General of the Society, whereupon it was 
Resolved, that the usual badge of mourning be worn for thirty days. 

The Society walked in procession to the First Presbyterian Church, 
where, after a prayer by the Revd. Dr. Murray, the Declaration of Independ- 
ence was read by Col. Scott, Matthias Ogden, Esqr., having been prevented 
by sickness from delivering the oration, the benediction was pronounced by 
the Revd. Dr. Magie, after which the Society returned to their place of meet- 
ing and proceeded to business. 

On motion of Genl. Wall, Resolved, that the Committee on the Trenton 
Monument be continued with authority to procure subscription books for and 

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to publish an address in the name of the Society, and to take such other 
measures as they may deem important to the accompHshment of the object 
of their appointment. 

On motion of Genl. Wall, Resolved that a Committee of three be ap- 
pointed by the President to devise measures to erect a monument over the 
grave of the late President of this Society, Col. Aaron Ogden, whereupon the 
President appointed Genl. Wall, Genl. Dickerson and Col. Scott. 

On like motion Resolved, that a Committee of three be appointed by the 
President to devise measures to erect a monument over the grave of the Revd. 
James Caldwell, who was shot by the British in the Revolutionary War. 
Whereupon the President appointed Gov. Pennington, Hon. Lewis Condict 
and Mr. Bloomfield. 

1845. 

The Society, joined by the Citizens and escorted by the Military, marched 
in procession to the Court House, when after prayer by the Revd. Mr. Hall 
and the reading of the Declaration of Independence by Col. Scott, an oration 
was delivered by Bishop Doane. 

The exercises being ended, the Society returned to their place of meet- 
ing and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be presented to the orator for 
his oration, and that he be requested to furnish a copy to be deposited in our 
archives. 

Resolved, that the Society of the Cincinnati have felt highly gratified 
with the kind and courteous attentions offered them here, and do therefore 
present to the gentlemen of the Committee of Arrangements for the day and 
through them to the Citizens of Trenton, their warmest acknowledgments 
for the same. 

The following resolutions of the General Society of the Cincinnati, 
adopted at its meeting at Philadelphia in November last, were communicated 
by its Secretary, viz : 

Resolved, that the Secretary General be directed to address a circular to 
the dififerent State Societies, recommending that a general celebration by the 
several State Societies shall be held at New York on the 25th day of November, 
1845. That the dififerent Societies be requested to signify their assent or dis- 
sent from this recommendation and also to designate the number of members 
that will be present from each Society. 

Resolved, that on the acquiesence of all or such a number of the State 
Societies as may make such celebration desirable, the officers of the General 
Society be authorized to make such arrangements for the celebration as they 
may consider appropriate. 

These resolutions having been read, the Society unanimously acceded to 
the proposition for a general celebration in New York, and resolved to attend 
in a body. 

1846. 

The President announced to the Society the death of Genl. Elias B. 

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Dayton. Whereupon it was Resolved, that the usual badge of mourning be 
vorn for thirty days. 

The Society, joined by the Citizens and escorted by the Military, marched 
in procession to the Third Presbyterian Church, when, after prayer by the 
Revd. Mr. Prime, and the reading of the Declaration of Independence by Dr. 
Goble (an appointment by the Citizens) an oration was delivered by Col. 
Scott. 

The services in the church being ended, the Society returned to their 
place of meeting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be presented to the Orator for his 
oration, and that he be requested to furnish a copy to be deposited in our 
archives. 

Resolved, that Mr. Elmer, Mr. Spencer and Capt. DeHart be a Committee 
to enquire respecting the papers, documents and books belonging to the So- 
ciety, and report whether any, and what measures are proper to be taken for 
their better preservation. 

Capt. DeHart and Mr. Elmer were appointed to report upon the repairs 
to the Standard. 

The report was sustained by the Society. 

Resolved, that hereafter the expense of the Society's anniversary dinner 
is not to exceed $75, and that all guests are to be invited by the vote of the 
Society. 

1S47. 

The President announced to the Society the death of Richard L. Beatty, 
whereupon it was Resolved, that the usual badge of mourning be worn for 
thirty days. 

The Society, joined by the Citizens, and escorted by the Military, 
marched in procession to the Mercer County Court House, when, after prayer 
by the Revd. Mr. Ayres, and the reading of the Declaration of Independence 
by the Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer, an oration was delivered by the Revd. Luther 
Halsey. The services being ended, the Society returned to their place of 
meeting and proceeded to business. 

The President and Secretary of the Society were appointed a Committee 
to bring up the record of deaths and admissions to the present time. 

1848. 

The President announced to the Society the death of Capt. William C. 
DeHart, late Vice-President of the Society, whereupon it was Resolved that 
the usual badge of mourning be worn for thirty days. The Society walked 
in procession to the First Presbyterian Church, where the services of the 
occasion were opened with a prayer by the Revd. Luther Halsey, Declara- 
tion of Independence was read by Governor Pennington, and the oration was 
delivered by the Revd. Dr. Davidson. The services being ended, the Society 
returned to their place of meeting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be given to Revd. Dr. Davi- 
son for his oration delivered this day, so appropriate to our circumstances and 

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so grateful to our recollections of the piety and valor of the soldiers of the 
Revolution and that he be requested, Providence permitting, to repeat the same 
before the Society at Trenton on the 4th July next. 

Resolved, that the Standing Committee, together with the Treasurer and 
Secretary, meet on the evenings of the 3d July, except on Sundays, for the pur- 
pose of preparing their report. 

Resolved, that our future meetings be held at such places as the Society 
may select. 

Resolved, that the President be requested to invite the members of the 
Pennsylvania Society to unite with us in the celebration of our next anniver- 
sary. 

1849. 

The President announced the death of Joseph W. Reckless, Esqr., and 
A. F. Walker, Esqr., late members of this Society; whereupon it was Re- 
solved, that the usual badge of mourning be worn for thirty days. 

The Society walked in procession to the Court House, when the services 
on the occasion were opened by the Revd. Luther Halsey with a prayer, the 
Declaration of Independence was read by Robert D. Spencer, Esqr., and the 
oration delivered by the Revd. Dr. Davison. The exercises being ended, the 
Society returned to the place of their sitting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to the Revd. Dr. 
Davison for the address delivered by him publicly before the Society this day. 

The members of the Pennsylvania Society of Cincinnati dined and united 
with our Society in the celebration of this Anniversary, according to the in- 
vitation. 

1850. 

The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 

It was then Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to prepare a Bio- 
graphic and Historic sketch of the original members of this Society and report 
the same as early as practicable. 

Govr. Pennington, the Revd. L. Halsey and Robert D. Spencer, Esqr., 
were appointed a Committee for that purpose. 

It was further Resolved, that the members of this Society be requested 
to furnish at the next annual meeting such notices of the former members and 
their families, as may be thought suitable memorials to be deposited in the 
archives of this Society. 

The Society then, joined by a large body of Citizens and escorted by the 
Military, marched in procession to the Presbyterian Church, and after a 
prayer by the Revd. Dr. Davison and the reading of the Declaration of In- 
dependence by the Revd. L. Halsey, an oration was delivered by the President. 

Services being ended, the Society returned to their place of meeting and 
proceeded to business. 

1851. 

In absence of the Secretary, A. C. Hyer was chosen Secretary pro tem. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 

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The proceedings of the General Society of the Cincinnati were com- 
municated by the President, whereupon it was Resolved, that a special com- 
mittee consisting of Spencer, Elmer, and Ogden be appointed to consider and 
report at the next meeting of the Society. 

The orator appointed by the Society being prevented by indisposition 
from attending, no oration was delivered. 

The President announced to the Society the death of Genl. Wall, late an 
Honorary member of this Society, whereupon it was Resolved, that the usual 
badge of mourning be worn for him for thirty days. 

1852 

The Society, attended by a large body of Citizens, and escorted by the 
Military, marched in procession to the Presbyterian Church and, after a prayer 
by the Revd. Dr. Davidson and the reading of the Declaration of Independence 
by Mr. Francis Barber, an oration was delivered by Frederick Frelinghuysen, 
Esqr. ; the services being ended, the Society returned to their place of meeting 
and proceeded to business. 

On motion Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Fred- 
erick Frelinghuysen, Esqr., for his eloquent and appropriate oration, and that 
he be requested to deliver the same to the Secretary to be placed among the 
archives. 

1853; 

The President having announced to this Society the deaths of Mr. Robert 
H. Cumming and Mr. William Whitlock, it was Ordered, that the usual badge 
of mourning for them be worn for thirty days. 

The Society, joined by a body of Citizens, then marched in procession to 
the Temperance Hall, when, after a prayer, and the reading of the Declara- 
tion of Independence by Mr. Francis Barber, an oration was delivered by Govr. 
Pennington. 

The services being ended, the Society proceeded to their place of meeting 
and proceeded to business. 

Resolved that the Secretary of this Society be directed to furnish to Wil- 
liam V. Hurd, a statement certifying that it appears by the records of this So- 
ciety, that he Is one of its members. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to Govr. Penning- 
ton for the truly appropriate and eloquent address delivered by him this day 
before the Society ; and that he be requested to deliver the same to the Secre- 
tary in order that it may be placed among the archive? of the Society. 

1854. 

The President announced the death of Genl. Mahlon Dickerson, an Hon- 
orary Member of this Society, whereupon it was Ordered, that the usual badge 
of mourning for him be worn for thirty days. 

Robert D. Spencer, Esqr., the Treasurer of this Society, handed in his 
resignation. It was moved and seconded that the same be accepted, as he 
firmly, but respectfully declines to hold the office any longer, he having served 
therein for sixteen years. 

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Resolved, that this Society tender its cordial thanks to Robert D. Spencer, 
Esqr., its late Treasurer, for his careful and prudent preservation of the funds 
of this Society, and for his great labor in performing the appropriate duties 
of the office for the last sixteen years, and beg leave to express their deep 
regret that he declines a re-election. 

Resolved, that Messrs. Thomas, Spencer and Ogden be appointed a com- 
mittee in relation to a resolution passed by the General Society, in regard to 
the admission of members into the Society, and report thereon to the next 
meeting. 

Resolved, that this Society express to Congress their earnest application, 
that the law now^ pending for the relief of the heirs of the officers of the Rev- 
olution, be passed and that the President be requested to draw up such peti- 
tion and cause the same to be signed by the proper officers of the Society and 
forwarded to Congress without delay. 

The petition drawn up by the President in pursuance of the above reso- 
lution was in the words following, to wit : 
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States : 

The Society of the Cincinnati of the State of New Jersey beg leave most 
respectfully to approach the Supreme Legislature. 

The Society of the Cincinnati of the United States was established at the 
close of the War of the Revolution, by the surviving officers of the American 
Army, and it was divided into Thirteen State Societies. 

It has pleased Him, who ruleth from afar and who holdeth in his hands 
the destinies of Nations to give victory and success to the American arms. 

After a severe and bloody conflict of eight years, the Thirteen Colonies, as 
they were called, were elevated to the rank of Free Sovereign and Independent 
States. 

To perpetuate as well the remembrance of that vast event, as the mutual 
friendship that has been formed, under the pressure of common danger, and 
in many instances cemented by the blood of the parties, the officers of the 
American Army, on the eve of their separation, did constitute and combine 
themselves into one enduring society of friends and did assume the name of 

THE SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI. 

They adopted and declared as immutable principles, and as the basis of 
their Institution, "An incessant attention to preserve inviolate the exalted 
rights and liberties of human nature, for which they fought and bled, and 
without which the high rank of a rational being is a curse instead of a bless- 
ing- 

An unalterable determination to promote and cherish between the re- 
spective States that Union and National Honor, so essentially necessary to the 
happiness and the future dignity of the American Empire. 

To render permanent the cordial affection subsisting among the officers. 
This spirit (they add) will dictate brotherly kindness in all things, and partic- 
ularly extend to the most substantial acts of benevolence according to the 
ability of the Society, towards those officers and their families who unfortu- 
nately may be under the necessity of receiving aid. 

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To the end that they might in some degree be enabled to exert their benev- 
olence towards the wiSows, orphans and families of their slaughtered or im- 
poverished brothers in arms, a fund was created. Each officer advanced from 
his own scanty portion one month's pay and the little fund was husbanded 
with care, and regarded as sacred. 

On this day, the Seventy-Eighth Anniversary of American Independence, 
the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of New Jersey, assembled according 
to ancient custom, and in obedience to the precept and example of our fathers, 
and we did meet as they oft times had met, to give to the bereaved widows 
and children of our brethern, the interest and proceeds of our funds, and to 
tender to them the sympathies of our hearts. 

This benevolence instituted by our fathers is of a nature too delicate to 
mortify, or to humble any recipient. 

The advance is not of large amount, but it is received with pride and ex- 
ultation. It is a payment rather than a donation. It is paid as a just and 
honorable debt. 

Its effects have been correspondent with its original benevolent design. 
It has soothed many a sigh, it has wiped away many a tear. While engaged 
in this office, we received a communication from a valued brother at a dis- 
tance, to the effect that a bill is now actually pending before the Congress, the 
object of which is the relief of the old officers of the American Army, if there 
be any still surviving, and of the families of those who have departed this life. 
This communication claimed our concurrence. Of the particulars of the bill 
we know nothing. What, then, shall we say? What can we do? We are 
humble, unobtrusive individuals, but we are the sons of those who fought the 
battles of their country and breasted the furious storm when the tempest raged. 
Yes, when the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot shrunk to their hiding 
places, and responded not to the trumpet's call. 

But these fathers of whom we cannot but be proud, are all dead, not one 
of them remains to tell his grievances. They thought, and they have taught 
their sons to think that their country owed to them a large and heavy debt. 
That in her service and her defence, they had sacrificed everything but their 
honor. That debt has not been paid. The inability of our Government to pay 
compelled a recurrence to paper promises. These again were redeemed by 
other paper promises, and the time of fruition was again and again postponed 
and deferred. Dire necessity compelled a forced sale of these pledges of de- 
ferred hope, at a price almost nominal. At that time our Country was greatly 
embarrassed. The Government had not then the power to bring her resources 
into action. Now she is rich and powerful, prosperous and happy. Long, 
very long, may she so remain, the peculiar care of an indulgent Providence. 

Our fathers and our mothers have told us that the time will assuredly 
come, when the slumbering justice of our country shall awake from this 
supineness and lethargy. 

From their hallowed lips we have recollections and we have confidences 
that neither time nor circumstances shall efface. We do, and we will believe 
them. We do and we will believe that their words were prophetic. We do 

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and we will rely upon the Equity and Wisdom of the Supreme Legislature of 
the Union. 

And respectfully we ask relief. 

Done in full Society and by unanimous vote at New Brunswick, this 
fourth day of July in the year of our Lord, 1854. 

The Society then, joined by a body of Citizens, and escorted by the Mil- 
itary, marched in procession to the Presbyterian Church, when, after a prayer 
by the Revd. Dr. Davison, and the reading of the Declaration of Independence 
by him, an oration was delivered by the President. The services being con- 
cluded, the Society returned to their place of meeting and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society be presented to the President for 
his appropriate and eloquent oration and that he be requested to hand the 
same to the Secretary, to be deposited among the archives of the Society. 

1855- 

The President, having announced the death of John Buck, late a member 
of this Society, it was Resolved, that the usual badge of mourning for him be 
worn for thirty days. 

The Society, joined by a body of Citizens, and escorted by the Military, 
then proceeded to the State House, when, after a prayer and the reading of 
the Declaration of Independence, an oration was delivered by Joseph P. 
Bradley, Esqr. 

The services being ended the Society returned to their place of meeting 
and proceeded to business. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be presented to Joseph P. Bradley, 
Esqr., for his eloquent and appropriate oration, and that he be requested to 
furnish a copy thereof to be deposited in our archives. 

It was reported by L. Q. C. Elmer, Esqr., that he was cordially received 
by the General Society, which met at Charleston in February last, whose pro- 
ceedings were accepted by this Society ; and it was then Resolved by the Gen- 
eral Society, that a special meeting of delegates from the different State Soci- 
eties be held at Trenton in May, 1856. 

The delegates to the special meeting above mentioned appointed by this 
Society were Govr. Pennington, the Honorable Lucius Q. C. Elmer, Col. J. W. 
Scott, Geo. C. Thomas, and General Cadwallader. 

1856. 

The President communicated to the Society that since the last meeting, 
our brother, Robert D. Spencer, Esqr., had departed this life. Ordered, that 
the Secretary provide crape and that the Society wear the usual badge of 
mourning for the space of thirty days. 

The Standing Committee reported that the deceased brother, Robert D. 
Spencer, was a member of that Committee, and they request the Society to 
appoint for the day, a member to supply his place, whereupon the Society ap- 
pointed Charles F. Hendry. 

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The Society then proceeded to the church and hstened to an oration de- 
livered by Govr. Pennington. The Declaration of Independence was read by 
Mr. Royal. 

Mr. Elmer moved that the Treasurer be authorized to procure blank cer- 
tificates of membership to be sealed with the seal of the Society for each mem- 
ber, at a cost not exceeding ten dollars. Carried unanimously. 

Dr. Halsey moved that the President be requested to furnish a corrected 
statement of the original members and legitimate successors to this time, 
which was adopted. 

Dr. Halsey moved that the thanks of the Society be tendered to the Hon. 
Wm. Pennington for his able and excellent address and request that a copy 
be furnished to the Secretary and placed in the archives of the Society, which 
was adopted. 

L. Q. C. Elmer moved the following resolution. Resolved, That the 
eldest son of any member of the Society may be admitted a member of this 
Society during the life of his father, but shall not be entitled to mileage. 
Second, That upon the death of a member of this Society having more than 
one male descendant, all such descendants may be admitted as members. Laid 
over until next meeting. 

The President announced to the Society the death, since its last meeting, 
of Richard M. Stout, whereupon it was Resolved, that the Society wear the 
usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 

The Society, joined by the Citizens and escorted by the Military, marched 
in procession to the Methodist Church, when, after prayer by the Revd. Mr. 

H , and the reading of the Declaration of Independence, by Genl. 

Thos. Cadwallader, an able and eloquent oration was delivered by their worthy 
President, Col. Jos. W. Scott. The services at the church being ended, the 
Society adjourned to their place of meeting and proceeded to business. 

It was on motion Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be tendered to 
the orator of the day for his eloquent and appropriate address. 

The President communicated to the Society that he had made diligent 
search for the list of original members among the papers belonging to this 
Society, but that he had not met with the success he had hoped for, and beg 
permission to report more fully at the next meeting of the Society. 

On motion Resolved, that the previous resolutions in reference to the 
admission of the eldest son during the life of his father, and of more than one 
male descendant be laid over till the next annual meeting of the Society. 

Resolved, that it shall be the duty of the Standing Committee and Treas- 
urer, to meet on the evening of the 3d of July, and prepare the business as far 
as they are able. The expenses to be borne by the Society. 

1858. 

The President communicated to the Society that after diligent search, 
he had failed to find the list of original members belonging to this Society, 
and asked permission to again report at its next meeting. 

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The President announced to the Society the death, since its last meeting, 
of Francis Barber Ogden, who died in England, July 4th, 1857, whereupon 
it was Resolved, that the Society wear the usual badge of mourning thirty 
days. 

The Society, joined by the Citizens, and escorted by the Military, pro- 
ceeded in procession to the Methodist Church, when, after music by an efficient 
choir, prayer and reading of the Declaration of Independence by Genl. Cad- 
wailader, an able and eloquent oration was delivered by Col. Jas. W. Wall, of 
Burlington. 

On motion of Govr. Pennington, it was Resolved, that the thanks of this 
Society be tendered to Col. Jas. VV. Wall, for the truly eloquent, appropriate 
and able address delivered before the Society this day and that he be requested 
to furnish a copy, to be placed in tlie archives of the Society, which was unan- 
imously adopted. 

It was Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be tendered to the Chap- 
lain of the day. 

Resolved, That the next Annual Meeting be continued two days. 

1859. 

The President announced to the Society the death of the following mem- 
bers since its last meeting, viz. : 

Dr. Lewis Dunham, A. Ogden Dayton, Jos. Adolphus Pennington, 
whereupon it was Resolved, that the usual badge of mourning be worn by the 
members. 

Resolved, that the true rank of the officer in the Army be inserted in each 
certificate of membership, unless holder of said certificate shall otherwise de- 
sire. 

The Society, joined by the Citizens and escorted by the Military, marched 
in procession to the Methodist Church, where, after prayer, music by an ef- 
ficient choir, reading of the Declaration of Independence by Chief Justice 
Green, an oration was delivered by the Revd. Dr. Hall, of Trenton. 

The exercises being ended, the Society returned to their place of meeting 
and proceeded to business. 

On motion of L. Q. C. Elmer, Esq., it was Resolved that the thanks of 
this Society be tendered to the Rev. Dr. Hall for his eloquent and appropriate 
address, and that he be requested to furnish a copy of same to be placed in 
the archives of the Society which was unanimously adopted. 

i860. 

The President announced to the Society the death since the last meet- 
ing of the Society of Horatio Gates Phillips, whereupon it was Resolved, the 
Society wear the usual badge of mourning. 

The Society joined by the Citizens and escorted by the Military marched 
in procession to the College Chapel where after prayer, music by an efficient 
choir and reading of the Declaration of Independence by J. T. Bloomfield, an 
oration was delivered by Jos. P. Bradley, Esqr. 

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Upon motion of L. Q. C. Elmer, Esqr., it was resolved that the thanks 
of the Society be tendered to the orator of the day and that he be requested 
to furnish a copy of the same to be placed in the archives of the Society. 

Resolved, that the letter from the General Society be referred to the 
Secretary and that he be directed to reply. 

Resolved, that the Society through the Secretary announce their willing- 
ness to the General Society to take 50 copies of the work to be published by 
them containing information respecting the Society from its foundation to 
the present time, and that the same be disposed to the members at cost price. 
'Resolved, that no member's mileage shall exceed Ten (10) Dollars. 

Resolved, that Trenton be the next place of meeting. 

Resolved, that the President obtain the orator and reader for the day. 

1861. 

The President announced to the Society the death of two members since 
its last meeting, viz. : 

Matthias Ogden and the Rev. Philip C. Hay, whereupon it was Re- 
solved, that the Society wear the usual badge of mourning. 

The Standing Committee would also recommend the adoption of the fol- 
lowing resolutions : 

That the rule heretofore established by which mileage was allowed be 
abolished and that in lieu thereof that all the attending regular members shall 
be entitled to receive Ten Dollars. 

The Society then adjourned to attend the services at the church to which 
they were escorted by the military and citizens and where they listened to the 
reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Rev. Dr. Camp and an 
oration suitable to the day by the Rev. Dr. Crosby together with music by 
an efificient choir. 

After which they returned to the place of meeting and proceeded to 
business. 

The Committee appointed at the previous meeting to report whether 
any and what further regulations were necessary for ascertaining the right 
of membership not being prepared to report were continued and Judge Ogden 
and Clifford Stanley Sims added to said Committee. 

On motion. Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be tendered to the 
Rev. Dr. Crosby, orator of the day, and that he be requested to furnish a copy 
of the oration to be placed in the archives of the Society. 

1862. 

The President announced to the Society that since its last meeting death 
had been busy in our midst and removed from us, Geo. C. Thomas, our late 
Vice-President, the Hon. Wm. Pennington, the Hon. Theo. Frelinghuysen, 
the Hon. Lewis Condict and Dr. Stout. Whereupon, it was Resolved, that the 
usual badge of mourning be worn by the members and that the address of 
the President announcing their decease be placed upon the minutes, which 
was as follows : 

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My Brothers and Friends — 

With grief of heart, I am compelled to announce to you that death since 
our last anniversary has visited our ancient Society with an unsparing hand. 

1. George C. Thomas, our venerable Vice-President, departed this life in 
July last. 

Mr. Thomas had survived all who were members at the time of his initia- 
tion. 

He was a faithful member, always attending and taking an active, intel- 
ligent and influential, part in the business and deliberations of the Society. 

For seventeen years consecutively he was our Vice-President. He was 
a good man and all who knew him loved him and now lament his death. I 
knew him well. He was my intimate personal friend. We were schoolboys 
together more than seventy years ago. An intimate and a warm friendship 
was then formed. It was continued through youth, manhood and old age. 

I take pleasure and pride in saying that in that long lapse of years it 
was not interrupted by a single discordance. 

2. Hon. Wm. Pennington died in March last. He was an active and 
efficient member of our Society. A long time Governor of our State and 
afterwards the presiding officer of the House of Representatives of the United 
States. He performed the duties of his e.xalted stations and at the same time 
faithfully attended to the interests and concerns of the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati — he loved the Society. 

3. Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen has for many years been one of our 
members. He died in April last. The arduous duties of the high offices to 
which he was called prevented his meeting with us but occasionally, but he 
said with emphasis that his heart was with us. As a Senator of the United 
States he was highly distinguished and his useful life was closed presiding 
over a literary college. 

4. Hon. Lewis Condict was borne to his grave at Morris in June last at 
the advanced age of ninety-one years. For a long time was Doctor Condict 
a regular and punctual attendant with us, but his duties in Congress, of which 
he was a member for several years, much prevented his meeting with us. He 
often said that he was proud to be a member. 

5. I have recently heard of the death of Doctor Stout. Of him I knew 
but little. He was recently admitted as a member. I am told that he bore 
the character of a learned, respectable, and skillful physician. But this I do 
know that he was the descendant and representative of a brave and gallant 
soldier of the Revolution. Very seldom my brothers are we called upon to read 
such a list of distinguished brothers, who after a long and splendid career 
have been carried with honor to the grave. A bereavement so heavy is more 
than melancholy. 

Our brothers will wear the usual badge of mourning, but this crape 
is a feeble emblem of the mourning of the heart. 

The Standing Committee report that Mr. Sims has prepared a list of the 
original members and their successors and other matters of interest to the 
Society, and they recommend that the same together with the rules and bye- 
laws be printed at the expense of the Society for distribution among the mem- 

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bers, and that a committee consisting of Alexander M. Gumming, Francis 
Barber, Clifford Stanley Sims and the officers be appointed to superintend the 
same with power to revise, alter, and amend the said rules and bye-laws, and 
that each member at his earliest convenience forward to any member of the 
committee all the information he can obtain concerning his own Revolutionary 
ancestors or any deceased members of the Society. 

The Committee recommend that the Standing Committee hold a prepara- 
tory meeting in each year the particular day of such meeting to be fixed by 
the Committee at each previous meeting. 

In compliance with the recommendation contained in the report of the 
Standing Committee the chairman appointed John McDowell, Jr.; Clifford 
Stanley Sims, and William B. Buck a special committee to whom was re- 
ferred the papers prepared by Mr. Sims containing the list of original mem- 
bers and their successors and other matter of interest to the Society with 
direction to report to the next annual meeting such alteration in and additions 
to the present rules and bye-laws as they shall deem expedient. 

Resolved that the oration and reading of the Declaration of Independence 
be dispensed with at the next meeting of the Society. 

1863. 

At the invitation of the corporation of the City of New Brunswick, the 
Society participated with them in the celebration of the day. After which 
they again organized and proceeded to business. 

1864. 

On motion, Resolved, that a list of the members be prepared and the roll 
called at each meeting of the Society. 

On motion. Resolved, that the Standing Committee meet on some day 
previous to the stated meeting of the Society to attend to such business as 
may come before them and report the same to the Society at its annual 
meeting. 

And that the Committee meet at Trenton on the 20th day of June, 1865, 
at 6 o'clock, P. M. for that purpose. 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be tendered to Mr. Jonathan D. 
Phillips for the generous donation of Ohio Wines. 

1865. 

The President announced to the Society the death smce its last meeting 
of E. B. Dayton Ogden and T. B. C. Dayton both of Elizabeth, New Jersey, 
whereupon it was resolved that the usual badge of mourning be worn by 

the members. 

A communication was received from Dr. John Gray of New York (see 
letter) which on motion of John McDowell was referred to the President, Col. 
Jos. Warren Scott to respond. 

On motion, Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to procure a new 
flag or banner if found advisable within one or two years, Messrs. Scott, 
Gumming, McDowell and Q. W. S. Dey were appointed said Committee. 

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Report of Committee on banner was presented, not acted upon, and the 
Committee discharged. 

1867. 

The Treasurer was authorized to have printed for the use of the Society 
100 copies of the rules. 

The Special Committee appointed by the Society to superintend the pub- 
lication of a list of the original members of the New Jersey Society and their 
successors, Rules, By-Laws, etc., presented the following report. 

The Special Committee appointed by the Society at the annual meeting 
in July, 1862, and subsequently continued in 1866, to superintend the publi- 
cation of a list of the original members and their successors, and other mat- 
ters of interest to the Society, prepared by Mr. Sims, together with the 
Rules, By-Laws, etc., respectfully report. 

That acting under these instructions they contracted shortly after the 
last annual meeting, with Mr. Joel Munsell of Albany, for the printing and 
delivery in paper covers of 100 copies of such book. That the same were 
delivered by Mr. Munsell in due season, when a contract was made with 
John E. Potter, of Philadelphia, for binding 50 of the copies in roan filleted 
with gold, and with appropriate inscriptions. That they have, as far as pos- 
sible, distributed them among the members of the Society, and have presented 
in the name of the New Jersey State Society, one copy each to the several 
State Societies and the President General. 

Mr. Wm. B. Buck tendered his resignation as Secretary of the Society 
which was accepted. 

1868. 

In the absence of the Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer, the President appointed 
Rev. Dr. C. C. Beatty, Vice-President pro tem. 

1869. 

The Secretary read to the Society the following telegram just received : 

Dayton, O., July 4th, 1869. 
To Col. Jos. Warren Scott, 

Prest. N. J. Society of Cincinnati : 
Prevented being with our distinguished Society this anniversary, I send 
return greetings : to its venerable President respectful love and sympathy ; to 
each individual member health, happiness and prosperty; and to the time- 
honored instituton of glorious memories, a prayer, its motto Esto perpetua. 

Respectfully, 
J. D. Phillips. 
which was ordered to be entered upon the minutes. 

On motion of Hon. L. O. C. Elmer, the Society then proceeded to the 
election of two Trustees to fill the vacancies occasioned by the deaths of Hon 
E. B. D. Ogden and John McDowell, Jr., which resulted in the choice of 
Wm. B. Buck and Wm. B. Dayton. 



Rev. Dr. Beatty, Chairman, then presented on behalf of the Committee 
appointed for the purpose the following resolutions : 

It is with deep regret that the Society has heard of the death of their 
worthy associate, John McDowell, Jr., Esqr., on the i8th of June last, and they 
would hereby express their high appreciation of his character as a man. A 
member of the Society, and their most able and faithful Treasurer for the 
last fifteen years. Always regular and punctual in his attendance, and taking 
a lively interest in all its proceedings, the Society feels that it has lost a most 
worthy and excellent brother, and that his place will be missed by his sur- 
viving associates. 

While we express our warm friendship for the deceased and deeply sym- 
pathize with his bereaved family, we realize that such is the end to which 
we all shall sooner or later come. 

Resolved, that this be inserted on the minutes of the Society, and a copy 
of it be transmitted by the Secretary to the family of Mr. McDowell. 

We also note the recent decease of another late member, Mr. Wm. S. 
Pennington, on Sept. 4, 1868, admitted in 1865, and thus only a short time 
with us. 

Which report was unanimously approved. 

The President called the attention of the Society to the fact that the day 
was no longer observed as in former times by reading of the Declaration of 
Independence and an oration, and expresed a wish that some action might 
be had to restore a custom so appropriate to the celebration of the day. 

On motion of Col. Cumming the rule requiring that all officers shall be 
balloted for was suspended, and the officers were then elected, viva voce to 
serve for the ensuing year. 

On motion of Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer, the office of Asst. Treas., which 
was abolished in 1839 was revived, and Fras. Buck McDowell, M. D., was 
then unanimously elected to such position. 

The Secretary then read to the Society a communication from Alexander 
Hamilton, Esqr., addressed to the New Jersey State Society of Cincinnati, 
presenting for their acceptance a volume being a facsimile of the original 
scheme of government for the United States, as presented for the considera- 
tion of the Federal Convention, in April. 1787. Whereupon it was ordered 
that the letter of presentation and volume accompanying the same be placed 
in the archives of the Society, and that the Secretary be instructed to con- 
vey to Alexander Hamilton, Esqr., the thanks of the Society for his generous 
donation. 

1870. 

On motion of C. Stanley Sims, Esqr., it was Resolved, that hereafter all 
applications for pensions or allowances from this State Society shall be made 
in writing and addressed to the Standing Committee, and each such applica- 
tion shall contain the statement that the party so applying or applied for, is 
worthy of relief. 

The Secretary was authorized to distribute to such members as should 

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apply therefor, the old original parchment diplomas of the Society now in 
his possession. 

General Thomas Cadwallader, Chairman, then presented on behalf of 
the Committee appointed for that purpose the following report and resolu- 
tions, which were unanimously adopted : 

The Society has just heard with deep regret of the death of our late 
member, Aaron S. Pennington, which has occurred since our last meeting. 
In his death the Society has lost one of its worthy associates. We sympathize 
with his bereaved family and friends, and desire that the members of the 
Society wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 

Resolved, that the Secretary furnish a copy of these Resolutions to the 
family of the deceased. 

On motion the rule requiring that all officers shall be elected by ballot 
was suspended, and the officers were then elected viva voce to serve the 
ensuing year. 

1871. 

The place of meeting of the Society on the present Anniversary having 
been by general consent changed since the last meeting to Elizabeth, the 
Society met this day at Swartz's Hotel in that City, the Hon. Vice-President 
presiding. 

After a solemn invocation by the Chaplain, Revd. C. C. Beatty, D.D., 
for the Divine blessing upon the actions and deliberations of the Society, 
the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 

Mr. Edward R. Pennington announced to the meeting the death on the 
27th day of April last, of our venerable and devoted President. Philemon 
Dickinson, Esqr., announced the deaths of Col. Jonathan D. Phillips on the 
23d of February, and of James P. Thomas, Esqr., on the day of — 

On motion a Committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Jas. W. \^''all, 
Edwd. R. Pennington and C. Stanley Sims, was appointed by the Chair to 
prepare and report to the meeting suitable resolutions to express the regret 
for and appreciation which the Society entertains of the severe loss which it 
has thus sustained by the hand of death. 

Col. James W. Wall, Chairman, presented and read to the Society the 
following resolutions prepared by the Committee appointed for the purpose. 

Resolved, that in the death of the venerable President of this Society, 
Col. Joseph Warren Scott, who so long presided over its deliberations with 
so much dignity and urbanity, his associates mourn the loss of a devoted 
patriot and high-toned, courteous gentleman. 

Resolved, that in the deaths of our brethren Jonathan D. Phillips and 
James P. Thomas, Esqrs., we mourn the loss of kind-hearted associates 
whose memory will be ever precious. 

Resolved, that the Secretary of the Society be requested to transmit a 
copy of these Resolutions to the respective families of the deceased members. 

Mr. Sims states to the Society that he is requested by their Standard 
Bearer, Joseph W. S. Dey, Esqr., to tender his resignation of that position. 

On motion Resolved, that the resignation of Joseph W. S. Dey, Esqr., 

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as Standard Bearer of this State Society be accepted and that the Secretary 
communicate to Mr. Dey due notice of such acceptance, with the thanks of 
the Society for his long and faithful attention to the duties of his office. 

1872. 

After an appropriate invocation by the Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Halsey, for 
the Divine blessing upon the proceedings of this body, the minutes of the 
last meeting were read and approved. 

The President announced to the Society in feeling terms the decease 
since the last meeting of two of the members of the New Jersey State Society, 
Col. James W. Wall and Mr. William Russell Allen. 

Philemon Dickinson, Esq., added to the remarks of the President a 
tribute to the character of Col. Wall, closing with the offer of the following 
Resolutions of regret and sympathy which were unanimously adopted and 
ordered to be entered upon the minutes of the Society. 

On the ninth day of June, 1872, James W. Wall a member of the Society 
of the Cincinnati of the State of New Jersey died at his residence in the 
City of Elizabeth. 

Col. Wall was of Revolutionary ancestry and with his father. General 
Garret D. Wall, occupied honored seats in the Senate of the United States. 
He was a man of rare culture and ability, a writer, correct, elegant and 
forcible. An orator, brilliant and distinguished. A man respected by all, 
and beloved by those who knew him best ; he was ever true to all convictions 
of right, fearless in their maintenance and of undeviating fidelity to every 
principle adopted. 

This Society desire to record its appreciation of his worth and talents, 
and order this minute to be spread upon its proceedings of this day and a 
certified copy thereof to be forwarded by the Secretary to the widow and 
family of the deceased. 

Clifford Stanley Sims, Esqr., after a few feeling remarks upon the 
character of our lately deceased brother member, William Russell Allen, 
moved the appointment of a Committee to prepare a suitable minute of 
respect and sympathy with his bereaved family. 

The President appointed as such Committee Hon. John T. Nixon, C. 
Stanley Sims, Esqr., and William B. Buck, Esqr. 

The President here read from the Constitution of the Society of the 
Cincinnati the principles upon which the Society was founded, its objects, etc. 

The President made a verbal report, as Chairman of the Delegation 
from the New Jersey State Society, of the proceedings of the General Society 
at their recent triennial meeting held at Boston, May 30th and 31st of this 
year. 

A large number of handsomely bound copies of a volume entitled "The 
Officers and Men of the Revolutionary War from New Jersey," compiled by 
Gen. Stryker, Adjutant-General of the State, being presented through Phile- 
mon Dickinson, Esqr., for distribution to the several members of this Society, 
it was on motion. 

Resolved, that the thanks of this Society are due and be tendered to 

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Adjutant General William S. Stryker for this interesting and valuable gift, 
and that we congratulate him upon the complete success of his labors in 
adding so important a volume to the history of our State. 

Resolved, that the Secretary of this State Society communicate to 
Adjutant General Stryker a copy of this Resolution in acknowledgment of 
his gift. 

The Committee appointed to prepare a suitable minute of respect and 
sympathy upon the decease of our late member, William R. Allen, made the 
following report : 

Your Committee to whom was referred the matter of the decease of 
Wm. Russell Allen, in his life time a member of this Society beg leave to 
report, that : 

Mr. Allen was elected a member of the Society on the 4th of July, 1862, 
as the Great Grandson of Major Richard Cox, the first Treasurer of this 
Society. Mr. Allen was the tenth in descent from Ralph Allen, a Quaker 
settler of Salem, Mass., in 1640, whose son the Hon. Jedediah Allen removed 
to New Jersey where early in the eighteenth century he was a member 
of the Colonial Council. 

Mr. Allen was remarkable for his amiability, modest deportment and 
strict integrity; his character was of that quiet and retiring disposition that 
required close acquaintance to thoroughly appreciate. 

Your Committee feeling assured of the great regard and perhaps even 
affection which all their brethren felt for Mr. Allen respectfully suggest 
that a copy of this report be sent by the Secretary to the family of our 
deceased brother. 

On motion the foregoing report was unanimously approved and the 
Secretary was instructed to spread the same upon the minutes of this meeting 
and to forward a copy to the family of the deceased. And it was further 
ordered that the usual badge of mourning be worn for our two deceased 
brethren, Col. Wall and Mr. Allen. 

1873- 

The President announced to the Society the receipt of a letter written 
at the request of the Revd. C. C. Beatty, D.D., Vice-President, explaining 
his absence, he being detained by serious ill health. 

The President then read from the Constitution of the Society the princi- 
ples upon which it was founded and its objects. 

The minutes of the last meeting were read by the Secretary and ap- 
proved. 

The death of our late member, Captain James Francis Armstrong, 
U. S. N., having been announced in feeling terms by the President, a Com- 
mittee consisting of Hon. John T. Nixon, Col. Alex. M. Gumming and 
Edward R. Pennington was appointed to prepare and present to the Society 
for their action, suitable resolutions expressing regret and sympathy. 

The Committee beg leave to offer the following resolution : 

Resolved, that this Society has heard with profound sorrow of the death 
of their late fellow member, Captain James Francis Armstrong : that in his 

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decease the Society has lost one of its most active and esteemed members, 
and that this minute and resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Society 
and a copy of the same forwarded to the widow and mother of the deceased. 

Ordered, that the usual badge of mourning be worn for our deceased 
brother, Captain James Francis Armstrong. 

The Secretary was authorized to purchase at his discretion a second 
volume for the recording of the minutes of the Society. 

The Secretary read to the Society a Resolution adopted by the Society 
of the Cincinnati in the State of South Carolina, expressing their apprecia- 
tion of the honor conferred upon their State by the election of their Presi- 
dent, Hon. James Simons, to the Vice-Presidency General of the Order. 

It was ordered that the next meeting of the Society be held on July 4th, 
1874, at the Trenton House, New Jersey. 

1874. 

The meeting having been suitably opened with prayer by the Chaplain, 
the Revd. Luther Halsey, D.D., the minutes of the previous meeting were 
read and approved. 

At the request of the President, Col. Sims then read the Institution of 
the Society. 

The President informed the Society that the Massachusetts State Society 
desired to present through him a copy of a book regarding their Society, 
which on motion of Messrs. Sims and Nixon was accepted, and the Presi- 
dent requested to convey our thanks to that Society for the gift. 

The President then announced in feeling terms the death of our venera- 
ble and much esteemed Honorary Member. General Thomas Cadwalader. 

On motion the President appointed the Revd. Dr. Chas. C. Beatty, 
Philemon Dickinson, Esqr., and Col. C. S. Sims, a Committee to draft suita- 
ble resolutions of respect to the memory of our deceased friend. 

On motion. Resolved, that the Secretary is authorized to provide a suita- 
ble chest or box for the preservation of the archives of the Society, and to 
deposit the same with the Trenton Banking Company. 

1875- 

The meeting having been suitably opened with prayer by Chaplain, the 
Revd. Luther Halsey, D.D., the minutes of the previous meeting were read 
and approved. 

By direction of the President, the Asst. Secy., then read the Institution 
of the Society. 

The Asst. Secretary reported to the Society the death of Mr. Joseph 
E. Bloomfield, a member of this Society, who departed this life on the 27th 
of June 1872, at Oswego, New York, in the 84th year of his age. 

Also that the Hon. John L. Cadwalader acknowledges receipt of the 
Resolutions passed in reference to the death of his father, the late General 
Cadwalader and accepts with thanks the election as Honorary Member. 

The Standing Committee would respectfully report that at a Special 
meeting of their body held on the i ith day of December last. Present, Messrs. 

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Cumming, Sims, Lloyd, Barber, Boggs, and Fras. B. Ogden. The following 
petition to the Congress of the United States was on motion of Mr. Sims 
seconded by Mr. Boggs, unanimously adopted, which petition on motion of 
the same gentleman, was ordered to be printed and copies forwarded to each 
member, with the request for them to use their influence with the Senators 
and Representatives of their acquaintance to secure the passage of the bill 
therein referred to. 

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Con- 
gress assembled. 

The petition of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, 
respectfully declareth : 

That the Society of the Cincinnati is an organization founded by the 
officers of the Revolutionary Army at the close of the War of Independence. 
Its objects are in the words of its "Institution" to render permanent the cor- 
dial affection subsisting among the officers. This spirit will dictate brotherly 
kindness in all things, and particularly extend to the most substantial acts of 
beneficence, according to the ability of the Society towards those officers and 
their families, who unfortunately may be under the necessity of receiving 
it. That at the organization of the Society each officer subscribed a month's 
pay towards constituting the fund of the Society; which fund has been care- 
fully guarded ; and out of the interest thereof, small pensions are annually paid 
to deserving and needy descendants of said officers. That the said Society 
has now on its beneficiary list, many descendants of Revolutionary officers 
who are in needy circumstances, and that regarding the present proposed bill, 
entitled "A Bill to provide for the settlement of the claims of the officers 
of the Revolutionary Army and of the widows and children of those who 
died in service" as one in every way just and a moral obligation on the Govern- 
ment, we would respectfully solicit your favorable consideration of the same 
and its passage as a law. 

On motion of Dr. Beatty and Col. Cumming the President appomted 
Judge Nixon, Col. Sims, and Mr. Burgin a Committee to draft suitable reso- 
lutions of respect to the memory of our deceased brother, Joseph Ellis Bloom- 
field. 

On motion the rule regarding pensions was suspended, but after dis- 
cussion no action was taken by the Society. 

On motion Judge Elmer, Judge Nixon, and Mr. McDowell were ap- 
pointed a Committee to ascertain the feasibility of meeting at Philadelphia 
during the Centennial, the Committee to report at the next meeting of the 
Society. 

1876. 

The meeting having been suitably opened with prayer by Chaplain, the 
Rev. Doctor Luther Halsey, at the request of the President, Col. Sims read 
the Institution of the Society. 

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 

The President (Judge Elmer) as Chairman of the Committee to ascer- 
tain the feasibility of meeting at Philadelphia during the Centennial, pre- 

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sented the following report of the Sub-Committee of the State Societies of 
the Cincinnati. 

Philadelphia, June ist, 1876. 
The Sub-Committee upon the subject of a Centennial Re-union of the 
Cincinnati respectfully recommend that such a re-union be held in the City 
of Philadelphia on the days of the i8th and 19th of October, 1876, and 
that the members attending "rendezvous" at Augustines, No. 1105 Walnut 
Street, at 10 A.M., on October i8th, and that a meeting of the members be 
held in the evening of that day; and that the Re-union conclude with a 
dinner on October 19th; that the re-union be informal and social, and that 
the method of arranging for the expenses of members in attendance be deter- 
mined at the stated annual meetings of the State Societies, July 4th, 1876; 
that the Centennial Committee of each State Society shall arrange for the 
payment of the expenses of the number communicated, and that the estimated 
cost of the dinner is from $8 to $10 per each person in attendance. 

James L. Harmar, Secretary. 

which report being accepted on motion it was 

Resolved, that this Society agree to the proposition to have a reunion 
of the members of the several Societies of Cincinnati, at Philadelphia, on the 
18th and 19th days of October next, and that the Secretary be directed to 
ascertain from each of the members of this Society whether he will be likely 
to attend said reunion, at his own expense, and communicate the result to 
James L. Harmar, Esqr., Secretary of the Pennsylvania Society, as early as 
the first of October next. 

On motion the Secretary was ordered to notify all Honorary members 
who have been absent two or more years, of the rule adopted July 4th, i860. 

Mr. Ogden presented to the Society a copy of the Sharpless miniature 
of Washington now in the possession of Mr. Walton White Evans of the 
New York Society. 

The President congratulated the Society that during the year past none 
of our members had been called away from us by death, being the first time 
in seven years that we had not been called upon to mourn the loss of one 
or more of our brethren. 

1877. 

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 

By request of the President, Col. Sims read the Institution of the 
Society. 

The President congratulated the Society that during the year past none 
of our members had been called away from us by death, being the second 
year that we have not been called upon to mourn the loss of one or more of 
our brethren. 

The President reported that, as had been proposed, a Centennial Re- 
union of the Cincinnati had been held in the City of Philadelphia on the i8th 
and 19th of October last, that the members of the dififerent State Societies 
met and exchanged fraternal greetings, and that all were much indebted to 

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the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Pennsylvania for their courteous 
treatment. 

The following resolution was then unanimously passed : 

It is on motion Ordered, that the thanks of this Society be profifered to 
their Brethren of the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of Pennsylvania, 
for the courtesy and hospitality extended to them during the Centennial re- 
union, held in the City of Philadelphia, and that the Secretary be hereby 
directed to send a copy of this Resolution to the aforesaid Society. 

The Secretary reported that the day after the last annual meeting he 
received the following telegram from the Society of the Cincinnati in the 
State of South Carolina : 

Charleston, S. C, July 4th, 1876. 

The Cincinnati of South Carolina offer their congratulations on the 
Centennial of the Declaration of Independence. The principles of that great 
political bill of rights are necessarily dear to all whose ancestors died in 
declaring and establishing it. 

James Simons, Jr., Secretary. 

The following resolution was then unanimously passed : 

It is on motion, Ordered, that the Secretary express our thanks to our 
brothers of the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of South Carolina, for 
their telegram of July 4th of last year, which unfortunately was received 
after our session on that day had terminated. That this Society cordially re- 
ciprocate the patriotic and brotherly sentiments therein contained, and that 
the same be spread upon our minutes as a lasting record of our mutual good 
will. Esto Perpetua. 

Resolved, that the Standing Committee be requested to consider and re- 
port at the next annual meeting upon the expediency of reducing the amount 
now paid as mileage to members attending each annual meeting. 

Resolved, that the Secretary is hereby authorized to accept as a present 
to the Society, a die of the order of the Society, if one should be presented to 
him. And that he may cause to be made from said die, orders for members 
of the Society of the Cincinnati, at the expense of those entitled to receive 
them, but in no case at any expense to this Society. 

On motion it was Resolved, that the Treasurer be instructed in the future 
to pay mileage only to such members as shall answer to their names at Roll 
Call. 

An allowance of Ten Dollars was then appropriated to John Clarke 
Sims, Jr., in payment of his mileage for the year 1876. 

1878. 

In absence of Chaplain, the Rev. Doctor Luther Halsey, at the request of 
the President the meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Doctor Horn- 
blower. 

By request of the President, Col. Sims read the Principles of the Society. 

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 

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The Standing Committee report that they have received a Communica- 
tion from the Rhode Island State Society of the Cincinnati, and recommend 
the adoption of the following preamble and resolutions : 

Whereas, the Society of Cincinnati in the State of Rhode Island and 
Providence Plantations was from various unfortunate circumstances, beyond 
its control, unable to hold regular meetings after the 4th of July, 1835, al- 
though having voted so to do, in consequence of which those hereditarily 
entitled to membership were unable regularly to obtain it, 
and, 

Whereas, a petition was in 1876 presented to the Rhode Island 
General Assembly by certain citizens of that State praying for an act of 
legislation abrogating the Charter of Incorporation of the Rhode Island 
State Society of Cincinnati which had been granted by that body in 1814, 
the petition being based on the ground that the annual 4th of July meet- 
ings therein required had not been held in each year, and requesting further 
that the property and funds of the Society be transferred to another 
corporation, which petition by the State Constitution had to lie over 
one year before action, and the Judiciary Committees meanwhile to 
advertise through the newspapers for all concerned to show cause why the 
petition should not be granted, and whereas certain gentlemen hereditarily 
entitled to membership in the Rhode Island Society under the General 
Institution of the Cincinnati (viz. Hon. Nathanael Greene, Hon. James M. 
Clarke, Hon. Samuel Hendry Greene, Genl. Wm. W. Brown, Doctors Henry 
E. Turner, David King, and others having become apprised of this published 
notice to show cause, did as the only apparent practicable course, on the 12th 
day of December, 1877, at the State House, Providence, after due and ex- 
tended published notice on their part, and careful investigation of the claims 
of all participants, and after obtaining the advice and encouragement of all 
accessible members of the Cincinnati, with appropriate ceremonies and due 
acknowledgment of responsibility, reinstate their honorable old Society, and 
thereby prevent the abrogation of its charter of Incorporation (which had 
never been surrendered) or diversion of its funds and property; and did also 
thereby secure the dismission of the citizens petition, and whereas from the 
very peculiar circumstances of the case, they had to take this action promptly 
and without preliminary formal agency of the General Society, after every 
efifort to obtain it, but with the direct assistance and presence of a member 
of the Cincinnati resident in Rhode Island, and with the advice and en- 
couragement of other members, and. 

Whereas, it appears that after the reinstatement of the Society, its rein- 
stating members went before the Judiciary Committees of the Rhode Island 
General Assembly, according to the Statute, and duly proved themselves to 
be the true successors of the original incorporators under the Institution 
of the Cincinnati, and also subsequently, equally satisfied a Committee of the 
General Society on the 22d May last, that they were and are the eldest lineal 
descendants at Common Law of original members of the Rhode Island 
Society, as well as personally worthy, and. 

Whereas, the Rhode Island General Assembly did, on the 26th March, 

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1878, confirm them in all their corporate rights, and privileges, and declare 
them by law, to be the true legal successors of the original incorporators, and 
did subsequently at the special legislative session in June, express its con- 
tinued confidence, by giving them, by resolution, the use on all occasions of 
the historic standard borne by the ist Regiment Rhode Island Continental 
Infantry during the Revolution, w^hich had been presented by the original 
members to the State, February, 1784, and. 

Whereas, the gentlemen composing that Society ask recognition and 
paternal encouragement at our hands, and show us a highly respectable or- 
ganization having an original permanent fund (although small) and all its 
valuable records since 1783, and a membership based on the terms of the 
General Institution. 

Resolved, that the New Jersey State Society of the Cincinnati hear with 
pleasure of the resuscitation of the Rhode Island State Society, and extend 
to them their paternal congratulations. 

Resolved, that this Society hereby formally recognize the Rhode Island 
State Society of Cincinnati, as again forming a constituent part of the Cin- 
cinnati, and its members as entitled to all privileges of membership as Cin- 
cinnati. Recommendations adopted. 

The Standing Committee also report that your Committee have re- 
ceived a letter from the Regent of the Valley Forge Centennial Association, 
asking the aid of this Society in making up the fund for the purchase of 
Washington's Headquarters at that place, and they recommend the adoption 
of the following resolution. 

Resolved, that while it would afford the New Jersey State Society of 
the Cincinnati much pleasure to contribute to the fund of the Valley Forge 
Centennial Association, the primary duty they owe their beneficiaries preclude 
their doing so, as their fund is but small. Adopted. 

1879. 

In the absence of the Chaplain, at the request of the President the meet- 
ing was opened with prayer by the Rev. Doctor William H. Hornblower. 

An appropriation was ordered of not to exceed $25 for the purchase 
of ten yards of deep blue watered ribbon edged with white for the use of the 
members of the Society. 

The thanks of the Society were tendered to the Hon. John Fitch for 
his presentation of a book in which to record the Roll of the Society. 

The thanks of the Society were tendered to the Hon. Nathaniel Greene, 
for his presentation of the life of Major General Greene, and the Secretary 
instructed to so advise him. 

The recommendation of the Committee relative to the obtaining por- 
traits of members for use in some future memorial volume was approved 
by the Society. 

The report wa? then adopted as a whole. 

It was moved and duly seconded that whereas it appears by the minutes 
of the meeting held July 4th, 1878, that Hon. John L. Cadwalader was not 
present and, whereas, it further appears that the said John L. Cadwalader 

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was not present at the time of the calHng of the roll, through circumstances 
beyond his control, but subsequently was present, Be it resolved, that the name 
of the Hon. John Cadwalader be recorded among those present at that meet- 
ing. Which was adopted. 

It was moved and duly seconded, that whereas the Citizens of Mon- 
mouth County are making efforts to erect a monument upon the battle ground 
near Monmouth Court House, to perpetuate the memory of the gallant 
ofificers and men who fought for independence on that field, June 28th, 1778. 

And, whereas, such efforts have thus far met with great success, but to 
erect a memorial worthy the event more funds are needed. 

Therefore, resolved, that we recommend the patriotic obj ect to the people 
of this and other States, and respectfully urge them to aid by liberal sub- 
scriptions, which was adopted. 

1880. 

In the absence of the Chaplain, at the request of the President, the meet- 
ing was opened with prayer by Vice-President, the Rev. Doctor Charles C. 
Beatty. 

The Roll having been called, the minutes of the previous meeting were 
read and approved. 

The President announced to the Society the death of Col. Alexander 
McW. Gumming, Chairman of the Standing Committee, adding in appro- 
priate words the estimation in which he was held, as one of the few sur- 
viving sons of an original member. 

The Secretary reported to the Society that he had communicated the 
Resolutions passed at the last meeting, relative to the death of Hon. James 
Simons, to the Society of South Carolina, and received a suitable reply, and 
then read a letter from Chaplain, Rev. Luther Halsey, D.D., declining a re- 
election to that office on account of advanced age and feeble health. 

The Standing Committee have received a communication from General 
Wilmot De Saussure, President of the State Society of the Cincinnati of 
South Carolina, enclosing a letter from the Mayor of Charleston, S. G., rela- 
tive to the celebration of the Battle of Cowpens, and recommend the following 
resolution be adopted : 

Resolved, that the communication from General Wilmot De Saussure, 
President of the State Society of the Cincinnati of South Carolina, with its 
enclosures relative to the Centennial observance of the victory of Cowpens, 
and proposed monument in commemoration thereof be referred to a Com- 
mittee of three, consisting of the Hon. Lucius Q. C. Elmer, President of this 
Society, the Hon. John T. Nixon, U. S. Judge for the District of New Jersey, 
and Major General William S. Stryker. Adjutant General of the State, with 
the request that they submit the same to his Excellency the Governor, and 
take such other steps as they may deem advisable in the premises. It was 
adopted. 

Resolved, that this Society hear with deep regret of the feeble health 
of the Revd. Dr. Luther Halsey and of his determination to no longer act as 

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Chaplain, and that they hereby tender to him the thanks of the Society for 
his past services. 

Resolved, that the Secretary be instructed to refer to the minutes of the 
Society to ascertain if any record could be found therein of the presentation 
of Mr. W. W. Thomas to the Society of a roll of the Society ribbon, and 
that he convey the thanks of the Society to Mr. Thomas for the same. 

Resolved, that the payments made for mileage be abolished after the 
present meeting. 

Resolved, that in view of the diminished income of the Society, members 
other than the President, who invite guests, shall notify the President and 
the Secretary, and shall pay the expense of their guests' dinners, and that 
this resolution take effect after to-day, and that hereafter the rule on Invita- 
tions XVII. shall read "and the committee of arrangements not exceeding 
three guests" instead of "and the Standing Committee not exceeding six 
guests" as heretofore. 

1881. 

In the absence of the Chaplain the meeting was opened by prayer by the 
Rev. Dr. Beatty, Vice-President. 

At the request of the President the Asst. Secretary read the Principles 
of the Society. 

The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed. The President 
announced to the Society the death since the last meeting of the Treasurer, 
Mr. William Berrian Dayton, the Rev. Dr. Luther Halsey, Mr. Alexander 
Chambers Hyer, and Mr. William D. Heard. 

The Standing Committee report that they have received from Doctor 
Herman Burgin a new press and seal which he presented to the Society to re- 
place the old one which has become worn and damaged by age. His die is 
executed in the highest style of engraving, and may be justly considered a 
work of art of which the Society may be proud. Your Committee therefore 
recommend that it be Resolved, that the seal presented by Doctor Burgin be 
accepted and adopted, and that the thanks of the Society be given to Doctor 
Burgin for his generous gift. It was adopted. 

The Committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution : 
Be it Resolved that the President General of the Cincinnati be respectfully 
requested to convene an extra meeting of the General Society in the City of 
New York or such other point as he may designate on or about 13 October, 
1 88 1, to receive, consider, and act upon the report of the Committee on rules 
or ordinances, to make arrangements for the Society to be represented officially 
at Yorktown and such other matters as may be presented. It was adopted. 

Resolved, by the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, 
that they hear with regret and abhorrence of the attempted murder of the 
President of the United States, and would express deep sympathy for his 
family in their sorrow and an earnest hope that God may in his infinite mercy 
spare him to the country. That the Secretary forward a copy of this resolu- 
tion to the Secretary of State of the United States. It was adopted. 

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i882. 

In the absence of the President and Vice-President the meeting having 
been called to order, Mr. WilHam Lloyd was elected Chairman. 

A prayer was then made by the Rev. Dr. Hornblower, Chaplain of the 
Society. 

The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed. The Assistant 
Secretary read the principles of the Society. 

A letter was then read from the President, his health not allowing him 
to be present. This letter enclosed the following address. 

Brethren of the Society of the Cincinnati : 

As I am unable from physical disability to attend the 98th anniversary 
of our Society (July 4th, 1882), I can only express with deep emotion my 
regard for all the members thereof, and my full adherence to those immu- 
table principles adopted by the founders of the Society. We, as a Society of 
friends, now represent those who fought and bled to establish an independ- 
ence, and you have again listened to the reading of those principles ordered 
to be read at every annual meeting, as follows : "An incessant attention to 
preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human nature for 
which they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank of a 
rational being is a curse instead of a blessing. An unalterable determination 
to promote and cherish between the respective States that Union and national 
honor so essentially necessary to their happiness, and the future dignity of 
the American Empire." Two hundred and fifty years ago our forefathers 
in England were forced into a civil war to establish these same principles of 
human rights, which had been encroached upon by the acts of tyrannical 
rulers, which resulted in the great improvement of the government of that 
country, and the establishment of those principles of liberty which were 
brought with them into their new home in America. But the colonies of 
America had forced upon them against their earnest protest domestic slavery. 
The independence of '76 freed us from the tyrannical rule of the King and par- 
liament of Great Britain, but it did not free us from the curse of slavery; 
only a terrible civil war here could free us from that. But this happy result 
has been reached, and we have now the hopeful prospect of a republic with 
"that union and national honor so essentially necessary to their happiness 
and the future dignity of the American Empire." Any one familiar witli 
the opinions of the American people at the time of the adoption of our 
present excellent federal constitution, and of the difficulty of prevailing on 
them to accept it, must be convinced, I think, that had it then been under- 
stood, that a court established by the government of the United States would 
have the authority to try a citizen of a particular State, for an infraction of 
the laws of that State, as had been recently decided by the Supreme Court, 
their opinion being delivered by a judge trained in this State, it would have 
been rejected. But although I deem this to have been a strained construction 
of the Constitution as it stands, I am not alarmed. Two circumstances 
render such action endurable and perhaps desirable, and recent events have 
shown that a much older decision which held that a citizen could sue a par- 
ticular State, which was speedily reversed by an amendment of the Consti- 

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tution might have been more wisely left to stand. Therefore, I am not 
alarmed. Because, First, The great principles of democracy, "that all good 
government is designed to produce the greatest good to the greatest num- 
ber," has become the accepted opinion of the great majority of the American 
people, and in the main controls the action of all our political parties, and is 
fast becoming the creed of the world. Second, Our republic has assumed 
dimensions not contemplated by its founders. Instead of thirteen sovereign 
States we now have thirty-eight, and soon will have fifty, and possibly, 
before another century is closed there will be a hundred, covering all North 
America, and governing hundreds of millions of inhabitants. We now 
have and will continue to have a home rule in each particular State, pre- 
scribing what is right and prohibiting what is wrong in domestic matters, 
which differ so much in one locality from those in others having a different 
climate, different pursuits and habits. While as to those matters that are 
common to all our citizens and are essential to the happiness and dignity of 
the American Empire, a general government rules all the citizens by uni- 
form laws. This is "imperium in imperio," once deemed a contradiction in 
terms and still misunderstood by many, but found by experience to be wise 
and efficient, and which has been clearly established by a constitution new to 
the world. The nineteenth century has been prolific of improvements in gov- 
ernment, as well as of the arts of life. Railroads, telegraphs, and telephones 
added to a free press, free schools, and the Christian religion are fast im- 
proving society, and it may well be hoped will continue to do so for ages 
to come. Strong bands, firmly established, may well be deemed necessary, to 
keep together such a republic. But it must not be forgotten that united 
sentiment and liberal toleration of differences, are essential to success. The 
founders of the Society adopted as their model, the great Roman Dictator, 
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus, who, having accomplished the purpose of his 
appointment returned to his citizenship, an example they were about to imi- 
tate, and inscribed on their banner as his great characteristic "omnia reliquit 
servare rempublicam." This character each one of us is bound to imitate 
when necessary, and at all times we should strive so to live, that it may 
truly be said of each of us, "he gave up all to serve God and his brethren." 

(Signed) Lucius Q. C. Elmer, 

Bridgeton, July 3d, 1882. Pres. N. J. Cincinnati. 

The Secretary announced to the Society that he had received a communi- 
cation from the Vice-President, regretting that his health did not permit of 
his attending the meeting, whereupon on motion of the Revd. Doctor Wm. 
H. Homblower, it was unanimously resolved, that we receive with much 
regret the announcement that our venerable and venerated President is un- 
able to meet with us on account of increasing infirmities, and assure him 
hereby not in a formal but in a spirit of that brotherly love which animated 
our ancestors, of our high esteem and regard, and express our hopes that 
under Divine Providence he may be spared to again preside at our councils. 
That the President's address just read be spread upon the minutes. 

Resolved, that we hear with much sorrow of the sickness of our much 
esteemed brother, the Vice-President, and tendering him our fraternal sym- 

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pathy, trust that he will by the Divine goodness be speedily restored to health 
and again permitted to join us in our annual celebration. 

Resolved, that the State Society of the Cincinnati of New Jersey deeply 
regret the action of the New York State Society, in adopting on 4th July, 
1881, certain resolutions reflecting on the action of the General Society at 
Charleston in May, 1881, in admitting by a vote of 21 to 13 the Rhode Island 
State Society to full representation, and further reflecting on the motives of 
the delegates from the several State Societies who voted for such admission. 

As at the time of this action on the part of the New York State Society, 
the question of the status of the Rhode Island State Society had been finally 
settled by the action of the General Society, it was unnecessary to make 
further argument regarding the matter, and as the State Society of New 
Jersey on 4th of July, 1878, had by resolution formally recognized the Rhode 
Island State Society as a sister Society, the action of its delegates was in full 
accordance with the settled action of this State Society. 

Resolved, that the Secretary be instructed to transmit to the General 
Society, the New York State Society, and the other State Societies a duly 
certified copy of this action. 

On motion, it was resolved that the next annual meeting be held at 
Princeton, New Jersey. 

On motion. Doctor Herman Burgin was appointed a Committee of one, 
to confer with the other State Societies in reference to Centennial observ- 
ances. 

On motion, the Hon. Joel Parker and the Secretary were appointed a 
Committee to draw up proper resolutions and forward them to Congress in 
thanks for the government appropriation in aid of erecting a monument at 
Monmouth (the following was forwarded to the Honorable, the President 
«f the Senate, and the Honorable, the Speaker of the House of Representa- 
tives). 

Trenton, N. J., 4th July, 1882. 

Resolved, rhat the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey 
composed of the descendants and representatives of the officers of the New 
Jersey line of Continental Army, beg leave to express its gratification and 
thanks for the substantial recognition by the Congress of the United States 
(in its recent action in making an appropriation towards the erection of a 
monument on the battlefield of Monmouth) of the services of the officers 
and men of the Revolutionary Army through whose patriotism and sacrifices 
our liberties were achieved and our National Government established. 

Resolved, that the Secretary be instructed to transmit to the President 
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a duly certi- 
fied copy of this action. 

1883. 

The meeting being called to order at 11.50 A.M., the Hon. John Thomp- 
son Ni.xon was appointed Temporary Chairman. 

Prayer was then made by the Rev. Doctor Samuel Moore Shute. 

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upon motion the rules of the Society were suspended so as to go into the 
election of officers of the Society as the first business. 

The minutes of the previous meeting were then read and approved. 

The Secretary made a verbal report of the communications received and 
made by him since the last meeting. 

During* the year past the following deaths have occurred. 

The Hon. Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, our President, breathed 
his last on the nth of March at the patriarchal age of ninety years. By the 
invitation of the Standing Committee, Honorary member, Col. William E. 
Potter, will deliver a short sketch of the life and services of our departed 
brother. 

Be it Resolved, that the Society of the Cincinnati in New Jersey desire 
to place on record their sentiments of esteem and regard for their late ven- 
erable President, the Honorable Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, LL.D. 
Full of years and well earned honors he has passed to his rest. The son of 
a Revolutionary officer, one of the original members of our Society, he in- 
herited in a remarkable degree that exalted love of liberty which character- 
ized the founders of our republic, and made the name of Cincinnati peculiarly 
appropriate to our ancestors. In the various concerns of a long and active 
life he acted well his part and was rewarded by many distinguished marks 
of the approval of his fellow citizens. His memory is praised of all, and 
especially will remain green in the affections of his brethren of the Cin- 
cinnati. Resolved, that the Secretary be instructed to forward a copy of this 
minute to the family of our deceased brother, and to respectfully assure them 
of our most sincere sympathy. 

The Committee recommend the passage of the following resolution : 

Be it Resolved, that the Society of the Cincinnati in New Jersey feel 
that in the death of our venerable Vice-President, the Rev. Charles Clinton 
Beatty, D.D., LL.D., the Society has lost one of its most enthusiastic sup- 
porters, as indeed in fact its oldest living member, that we recall with 
brotherly pride his affection for the Order and the warm interest he took in 
its concerns. We remember that although living at a distance, his attendance 
was regular even at an advanced age, and that for some time when blind 
from an affection of the eyes he was not absent from our councils, albeit, he 
had to be led to them by the hand. Yet, while animated with sentiments of 
respect and fraternal regard for his memory, we feel no long or elaborate 
eulogy would be in place or meet the approval of our brother could his 
wishes be consulted. Therefore, of him let it be briefly recorded in the 
words of the Apostle Paul, that he "after he had served his own generation 
by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers." 

Resolved, that the Secretary be instructed to forward a copy of the 
minute to the family of our deceased brother, and to respectfully assure them 
of our most sincere sympathy. 

The Standing Committee recommend the passage of the following reso- 
lution : 

Be it Resolved, that the Secretary be instructed to convey to the family 
of our late venerable brother, Mr. William Shute, the expression of our sen- 

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timents of regret and sorrow at the announcement of his death, and the as- 
surance of our most sincere sympathy. 

The Committee in announcing the serious illness of Chaplain, the Rev. 
Wm. H. Hornblower, are at the same time pleased to add that he is now on 
the road to recovery. They suggest the passage of the following resolution : 
The Cincinnati of New Jersey regret to miss from their midst their esteemed 
brother member, Chapiani, the Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Hornblower, they send him 
their friendly greetings, with their sincere hopes for his speedy recovery. 

The Committee desire to call attention to the fact that the Secretary has 
collected a large amount of data relating to the members of the Society with 
a view of the printing at some future time of another book containing the 
Institution, By-Laws, list of members, etc., of the Society; they would re- 
quest that the members furnish the Society with such information as may 
assist him in this direction, and they also recommend the adoption of the 
following resolution : Resolved, that the sum of $25 be paid to the Secre- 
tary in reimbursement of sundry extraordinary expenses incurred by him 
in the collection of data above described. 

The Committee also recommend that from and after the 4th July, 1884, 
the Treasurer be authorized to pay the sum of $2.50 mileage to each member 
in attendance. 

The Committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution: 
That the members be requested to furnish the Secretary with such genealogi- 
cal information concerning their families as will enable the Society in case 
of the death of members to determine who is the proper heir to succeed to 
the vacant membership, and also who is in the member's opinion the fittest 
person to so succeed. 

The report on the case of Mr. William Belden, referring same to the 
Secretary was adopted. 

Dr. Burgin (the Treasurer), who was appointed in 1882 a Committee 
of one to confer with the other State Societies in reference to Centennial ob- 
servances, reported unfavorably, which report was accepted and Committee 
discharged. Colonel William Elmer Potter, by invitation of the Standing 
Committee, then delivered an eloquent oration on the life, character and ser- 
vices of Judge Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, late President of the 
Society. 

General Oliphant moved the thanks of the Society to Col. Potter for his 
oration, and that Col. Potter be requested to furnish a copy for publication, 
which was adopted. 

Whereas, the Society has invited the General Society to hold its ne.xt 
Triennial Meeting in this City, and as the delegates to the same will be en- 
tertained as our guests, it is evident that considerable expenses will be en- 
tailed, and this being an extraordinary event, it becomes necessary that this 
Society authorize its Treasurer to pay out monies for this object; therefore, 
be it resolved. 

That the Trustees be hereby authorized to pay the Treasurer any neces- 
sary amounts to cover the expenses of entertaining the General Society, and 
also that the Treasurer be authorized to pay out such amounts as may be 
approved and passed by the Committee of Arrangements. 

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The following members were appointed a Committee of Arrangements 
for the entertainment of the General Society. 

Messrs. Buck, Pennington, John Sims, Jr., Dr. Burgin and General 
Stryker, and as a Committee of Arrangements for the next annual meeting 
of the Society. 

1884. 

The meeting having been called to order was opened by prayer by Chap- 
lain, the Rev. Dr. Saml. M. Shute. 

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 

The President announced to the Society the death of Mr. George Wash- 
ington Harris, Secretary General of the Cincinnati and President of the 
Pennsylvania State Society, upon which on motion of Dr. Shute the follow- 
ing resolution was unanimously adopted : 

Resolved, that the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, 
hear with much regret of the death on the 27th of November last of Mr. 
George Washington Harris, late Secretary General of the Cincinnati and 
President of the Society in the State of Pennsylvania, and would respectfully 
tender to the General Society and to their brethren in Pennsylvania the as- 
surance of their sympathy at the loss which they have sustained. Resolved, 
that the Secretary forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secre- 
tary General and to the Secretary of the Society in Pennsylvania. 

The President informed the Society that he had received $445 in sub- 
scriptions from the members towards defraying the expenses of entertaining 
the General Society at their recent session in Princeton, and mentioned inci- 
dentally that during the year past he had written some 323 letters on business 
of the Society. 

The Secretary made a verbal report regarding the communications re- 
ceived and made by him since the last meeting. 

The Standing Committee have to annoimce that during the year past 
death has taken from us : 

Chaplain, the Rev. Doctor William Henry Hornblower. He was born 
at Newark on the 21st March, 1820, and was the eldest son of Chief Justice 
Hornblower and Mary Burnet, granddaughter of Surgeon William Burnet, 
an original member of this Society. Edward Riggs Pennington, the son of 
one and grandson of another of our former Governors. We would respect- 
fully tender to his widow and family our most sincere sympathy at their 
bereavement. The Secretary will forward a copy of this resolution to the 
family of our deceased brother. 

In accordance with By-Law IX. giving power to the Standing Com- 
mittee to fill all vacancies by death, resignation or otherwise, they on the 
4th day of March last appointed the Rev. Samuel Moore Shute, D.D., Chap- 
lain to the Society, and have the pleasure to announce that on the i6th May 
last that gentleman was also appointed a Chaplain to the General Society. 

The Standing Committee would recommend the adoption of the follow- 
ing resolution : Be it resolved, that whereas the Secretary has now sufficient 

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material for a new Red Book, he be instructed to make up and print the same, 
and also be it resolved, that the Treasurer be authorized to pay requisite rea- 
sonable amounts in furtherance of this object. 

1885. 

The meeting having been called to order, was opened by prayer by Chap- 
lain, the Rev. Dr. Saml. Moore Shute. The minutes of the previous meeting 
were read and confirmed. 

The President then read the following report : 

Princeton, N. J., July 4, 1885. 

The President has to report that since the last meeting of the Society 
he has written four hundred and eighteen letters in relation to its affairs, 
and has received about the same number. 

It is proper to call attention to the fact that the Society were invited 
to participate in the celebration attending the unveiling of the monument on 
the battlefield of Monmouth, near Freehold, on 13th November last, and that 
eleven members were present, besides several from the New York and Rhode 
Island State Societies. 

The Governor of the State officially invited the Society to attend the 
public funeral of the late Major General Gershom Mott, at Trenton, on 3d 
December last. The brief time available only permitted a notification of this 
invitation to twenty-four members, of whom nine attended and were accorded 
the position of honor at the ceremonies attending the burial. 

It is important that steps should be taken to obtain and preserve, as far 
as possible, correct and complete information concerning the families and 
descendants of the original members, and it is suggested that the several 
members communicate, without delay, such family records as may be in 
their possession : when received they should be properly recorded in a volume 
suitable for the purpose, and arranged by index and otherwise for easy refer- 
ence in future cases of applications for admission to membership; the neces- 
sary expense attendant thereto will be small, and unless otherwise directed, 
the President will, in conjunction with the Secretary, have the work thus in- 
dicated properly executed as far as practicable. 

In connection with the foregoing, it is important that all available in- 
formation which can be obtained from the several Departments of the Gov- 
ernment at Washington, and more especially from the Pension Office, in re- 
lation to the original members, should be had, and the President, unless the 
Society otherwise direct, will endeavor to procure such information; the 
expense of such an undertaking will be trifling. 

The Hon. William A. Courteney, of Charleston, S. C, has presented to 
the Society, one of the editions of the correspondence of Lord Montague with 
General Moultrie, 1781 ; the President has suitably acknowledged its receipt, 
but it is proper that some action should be taken by the Society in reference 
thereto. 

The Secretary made a verbal report regarding the communications re- 
ceived and made by him since the last meeting. 

On motion, the following resolution was adopted : 

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Resolved, that the Secretary be directed to convey to the Hon. WilHam 
A. Courteney, of Charleston, S. C, the thanks of the Society for his courtesy 
in presenting to it a copy of the reprint of the correspondence of Lord Mon- 
tague with Genera] Moultrie, 1781. 

The Standing Committee announce that death has taken from us Judge 
Joseph Griffiths Scott, Mr. Isaac Carroll Thomas, Major-General Gershon 
Mott, and Rear- Admiral George Foster Amnions; also the death of Major 
William S. Popham, Vice-President New York State Society, and Hon. 
Simon Henry Greene, Vice-President of Rhode Island State Society. 

1886. 

The meeting having been called to order was opened by prayer by Chap- 
lain, the Reverend Saml. Moore Shute. The minutes of the previous meet- 
ing were read and confirmed. The President, in a verbal report, stated that 
since the last meeting of the Society he had written three hundred and 
seventy-two letters in relation to its affairs, and had received about the same 
number. He announced to the Society the death of General Wilmot G. 
De Saussure, President of the South Carolina State Society of the Cin- 
cinnati. 

On motion of Mr. Ogden, it was unanimously resolved, that as in the 
death of their President, General Wilmot G. De Saussure, our brethren of 
the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of South Carolina, have lost one 
of their most prominent members, a lover of the Cincinnati and its traditions, 
a distinguished citizen of his State and Country, and a courteous gentleman 
highly esteemed by all who knew him. We, the Cincinnati of New Jersey, in 
annual meeting assembled, do respectfully and cordially tender to them 
the assurance of our fraternal sympathy and of our participation in the 
sorrow at the bereavement which has befallen them. 

The Secretary made a verbal report regarding the communications made 
and received by him since the last meeting, and stated that while the Society 
of the Cincinnati had been invited to assist at the obsequies of General U. S. 
Grant, the accommodation afforded being so limited, two or three would be 
the full representation of the New Jersey State Society, under which circum- 
stances, Dr. Herman Burgin, Treasurer, and Mr. William C. Spencer, Assist- 
ant Secretary, acted as representatives of this Society. 

The President calling the attention of the Society to the proposed new 
edition of the Red Book, it was on motion. Resolved : That the President, 
Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer be a Committee to prepare a roll 
of the original, hereditary and honorary members, and other matters of 
interest to the Society, and to provide by the obtaining of subscriptions or 
otherwise for the printing of the same in book form. 

On motion of the Vice-President, it was unanimously Resolved : That 
the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, desire to express 
to the Honorable Wm. H. Forman, Chief Commissioner, Theodore W. 
Morris, Esqr.. President of the Battle Monument Association, Capt. John 
Buck and the members of his command, together with the citizens of Free- 
hold generally, their high appreciation of the very courteous reception which 

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they have received this day. In commemorating as the Cincinnati does, the 
heroic deeds of those who achieved our Independence, such attentions are 
proofs that the same spirit still animates our fellow citizens, and that the 
coming generation will be taught to appreciate and maintain that liberty 
which it was the honor of our ancestors to have gained by the sword. 

1S87. 

The meeting having been called to order, was opened by prayer by 
Chaplain, the Rev. Saml. Moore Shute. The minutes of the previous meet- 
ing were then read and confirmed. 

On motion, it was unanimously resolved, that By-Laws No. 3, direct- 
ing the order of business, be suspended for this meeting, and that the report 
of the Standing Committee be first considered. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the thanks of the Society be tendered 
to the South Carolina State Society, of the Cincinnati, for the pamphlet, pre- 
pared by the late General Wilmot G. De Saussure, entitled "The Names of 
the Officers who served in the South Carolina Regiments in the Continental 
Army, etc., and that the same be deposited among our archives. 

Mr. Frederick Wolcott Jackson called the attention of the Society to 
the recent death of Mrs. Julia Kane Fish, daughter of the late Peter Kane, 
of Essex County, New Jersey, and wife to the Hon. Hamilton Fish, Presi- 
dent General of the Cincinnati. 

It was on motion, of the Rev. Dr. Shute, Resolved : That the General 
Society of the Cincinnati, at its approaching meeting be requested to order 
the printing of 600 circulars, immediately after each triennal meeting, con- 
taining the names of the officers of each State Society with those of the 
hereditary and honorary members of the same, and to distribute to the 
several Societies through their Presidents, these circulars in proportion to 
the number of members of each Society, the expense of publishing said cir- 
culars to be paid out of the funds of the General Society. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the meeting of the Society on 4th July, 
1888, should be held at University Hall, Princeton, N. J. 

1888. 

The meeting was called to order by the President. 

The minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. 

The Standing Committee announce that death has during the year past 
removed from our number : the Hon. John Fitch, Brevet Major General 
Lewis Perrine, Hon. John Thompson Nixon, and the Hon. Edward NicoU 
Dickerson. 

The Society then took recess, and entertained at dinner a number of 
their fellow citizens, David S. Crater, Surrogate of Monmouth County; 
Major Franklin C. Woolman, Secretary Board of Proprietors, and others. 

After the usual patriotic toasts suitably responded to, the Hon. Henry 
S. Harris, on behalf of the artist, Mr. Frost Johnson, of New York, pre- 
sented to the Society an oil portrait of the Secretary. 

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The President, in his closing remarks, congratulated the Society on its 
relative strength with that of other sister States, and wishing the members 
God speed, formally announced adjournment until 4th July, 1889. 

1889. 

Meeting having been called to order by the President, was opened with 
prayer by the Chaplain, the minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 
approved. The President and Secretary made verbal reports. The Standing 
Committee announce that during the year past death has taken from us the 
following members: Rear Admiral Charles Henry Baldwin, Dr. Timothy 
Maliack Cheesman, Hon. Anthony Reckless, Major Robert Stockton, and 
Francis Barber Howell. 

On motion, it was resolved, that each member be requested to forward 
cabinet photographs of himself and his ancestors to the Secretary to be de- 
posited in the archives of the Society. 

The Society then took a recess till 2.30 P. M., at which time it enter- 
tained at dinner a number of invited guests, and the usual patriotic toasts 
were drunk and responded to. 

1890. 

Whereas, the applications of certain gentlemen heretofore made under 
and subject to the provisions of Rule No. 2, have been favorably considered 
by this Society, subject to the compliance by said applicants with the pro- 
visions of said Rule, and said applicants have not paid the amount fixed by 
said Rule as a condition precedent to membership. 

Be it resolved, that unless said amount shall be paid by said delmquents 
prior to the next annual meeting of the Society, the privilege of those appli- 
cants to become members by compliance with the provisions of said rule, 
shall cease and determine. 

That the Secretary notify said delinquents of this resolution. 

That your Committee has passed the following resolution in regard to 
applications for membership under the provision of Rule No. 2 : 

Resolved, in the future all applications under the provisions of Rule No. 
2 shall be accompanied with the sum required by the rule, to be paid as a 
condition precedent to membership. Approved. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the thanks of this Society be given to 
General Edward B. Grubb for his hospitable and courteous invitation to hold 
the next meeting at his residence, Edgewater Park, New Jersey, with re- 
grets that this Society consider it impossible to accept the same. 

On motion, it was resolved, that a recess be now taken to hear an article 
written by Dr. Luther F. Halsey on the medical men of the Revolution. 

Dr. Luther F. Halsey then read a summary of the article written by 
him, and presented the same to the Society. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the article so ably prepared by Dr. 
Luther F. Halsey on the medical men of the Revolution, and presented 
by him to the Society, he accepted with the thanks of the Society, and that 
not exceeding two hundred copies be printed for distribution among the 
members and others. 

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A recess was then taken by the Society until 2 P. M., at which time it 
entertained a number of invited guests, and the usual patriotic toasts were 
drunk and responded to. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the Committee of Arrangements be 
authorized and directed to ascertain if suitable accommodations can be had 
for a meeting and dinner on the 226 day of February next, and that if the 
same be found practicable, that the President shall call such adjourned meet- 
ing. 

1891. Feb. 2^. 

The meeting was called to order by the President, and the Chaplain 
being absent, the usual prayer was omitted. 

The President then stated that nothing of sufficient importance had 
occurred since the last meeting to necessitate calling a meeting of the Stand- 
ing Committee, and that it had no report to make. 

The President then made a verbal report that the funds and securities 
in the hands of the Trustees amounted to upwards of $21,000. 

The President further reported that he had made inquiry in regard to 
the papers, archives and records of the Society formerly in the custody of 
Mr. Francis Barber Ogden, its late Secretary and stated that five original 
orations delivered before the Society and the first book of Minutes of the 
Society were in his possession, and that he had provided for having made 
three typewritten copies of said minutes. That the tin box containing other 
papers, archives and records of the Society was in possession of the Treasurer 
Dr. Burgin. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the action of the President in directing 
three (3) copies of the first book of original minutes to be made, be approved; 
on motion, it was resolved, that a sufficient number of copies of the original 
orations delivered before the Society and the first book of minutes of the 
Society be printed for distribution among the members and others, upon the 
receipt of subscriptions from the members for an amount sufficient to defray 
the costs of such printing. 

On motion, it was resolved, that a Committee be appointed to examine 
and take inventory of the papers, archives and records of the Society and 
make a list of the same, and report the result to the Society. 

The President appointed General William S. Stryker and Mr. William 
C. Spencer as such committee. 

The President stated, that it was with sincere regret that he announced 
that since its last meeting the Society had lost by death the following mem- 
bers : 

Mr. Francis Barber Ogden, its Secretary. 
Mr. Robert Morris Boggs. 
Mr. James Robinson Walker, 
and also the death of the Hon. Samuel Crocker Cobb, President of the Society 
of the Cincinnati in the State of Massachusetts. 

The Assistant Secretary reported that he had mailed copies of the resolu- 
tion passed at the last meeting of the Society in regard to applications for 

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membership under the provisions of Rule 2, who had failed to pay the amount 
fixed by said rule as a condition precedent to membership to said delinquents, 
but had received no response from any one of them. 

An election was then held to fill the vacancy in the office of Secretary, 
caused by the death of Mr. Francis Barber Ogden. 

The rule being suspended by unanimous consent Mr. William C. Spencer 
was elected Secretary of the Society. 

An election was then held to fill the vacancy in the office of Assistant 
Secretary by reason of the election of that olBcer as Secretary. 

The rules being suspended by unanimous consent Mr. William P. Barber 
was elected Assistant Secretary of the Society. 

In the evening of the same day the Society entertained at dinner a num- 
ber of distinguished guests among whom was the Governor of New Jersey, 
and the usual patriotic toasts were drunk and responded to. During the dinner 
on motion of Hon. William J. Sewell, it was resolved that General William S. 
Stryker telegraph to Hon. Levi P. Morton, Vice-President of the United 
States and President of the Senate, and the Hon. Thomas B. Reed, Speaker 
of the House of Representatives, on behalf of the Society of the Cincinnati in 
the State of New Jersey, requesting and urging that the Congress of the 
United States do pass the amendment to the bill appropriating the balance 
necessary for the erection of the battle monument on the battlefield at 
Trenton. 

1 89 1. July 4. 

The Society having been called to order by the President, the meeting 
was opened with prayer by the Chaplain. 

The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. 

The President reported verbally that he had written some 234 letters, 
and had received about the same number of replies. 

The Secretary further reported that in pursuance of the resolution passed 
at the adjourned meeting of the Society held on the 23rd day of February past 
General William S. Stryker had sent to Hon. Levi P. Morton, Vice-President 
of the United States and President of the Senate, and to Hon. Thomas B. 
Reed, speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States the fol- 
lowing telegram : 

Trenton, Feb. 23d, 1891. 

The Society of the Cincinnati in session to-night for the purpose of com- 
memorating the birthday of the immortal Washington, respectfully but 
earnestly urge upon the United States Senate the passage of the amendment 
to the bill appropriating the balance necessary to erect a monumental shaft on 
the site of the important battle fought in the Streets in this City during the 
Revolutionary War. 

William Chetwood Spencer, Clifford Stanley Sims, 

Secretary. President. 

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That said telegram was entered upon the minutes of both houses of 
Congress, and an appropriation of thirty thousand dollars had been made 
toward the erection of said monument, provided the citizens of the State 
of New Jersey should raise fifteen thousand dollars, and that the Sec- 
retary had been informed by General William S. Stryker that said last men- 
tioned sum had been raised so that said appropriation had become operative 
and due. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the above facts be entered at length 
on the minutes. 

The Standing Committee announce the deaths of Major John Codding- 
ton Kenney, and John La Farge Bonnell. 

The rules being suspended by unanimous consent on motion, it was re- 
solved, that hereafter the sum required to be paid by applicants for admission 
to membership in this Society under the provision of Rule No. 2 be $500. 

Resolved, that all bills against the Society shall be approved by the 
President before payment by the Treasurer. 

On motion, it was resolved, that when this Society adjourn, it do so 
adjourn to meet at Trenton on the 26th day of December next, at an hour 
and place to be fixed by the President. 

1891. Dec. 26. 

The President then reported verbally that the Standing Committee had 
no formal written report to make. But would state that Dr. Herman Bur- 
gin had presented his resignation as a Trustee of the Society, and that the 
Committee would recommend the acceptance of the same. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the resignation of Dr. Herman Burgin, 
as a Trustee of the Society, be accepted. 

On motion, it was resolved, that William S. Stryker be and is hereby 
elected and constituted one of the Trustees of the Society of the Cincinnati, 
in the State of New Jersey, in the place and stead of Herman Burgin re- 
signed, and that the proper officers of the Society be and they are hereby 
authorized and directed to furnish the necessary certificates of this action, to 
procure the transfer to the present trustees of the securities and funds be- 
longing to the Society. 

On motion, it was resolved, that whereas serious charges have been 
made against Doctor Herman Burgin, late Treasurer of this Society, that 
the same be referred to the Standing Committee to hear and examine in re- 
gard to the truth of the said charges, and that the said Committee do report 
thereon to this Society at its next regular meeting. 

The Society then took a recess, and at the invitation of the Committee 
of Arrangements attended the ceremonies connected with the laying of the 
comer stone of the monument commemorating the battle of Trenton, after 
which it returned to its place of meeting and entertained at dinner a 
number of distinguished guests. Numerous patriotic toasts were drunk and 
responded to by the Governor of the State of New Jersey, the Secretary Gen- 
eral of the Society and others. 

At the invitation of the Society, the Societies of The Sons of the Revo- 

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lution, and "The Sons of the American Revolution" were present during the 
addresses and responses to the toasts. 

The Society then adjourned, after which the Society attended the meet- 
ing, and concluding ceremonies at Taylor's Opera House, connected with the 
laying of the corner stone of the Trenton Battle Monument. 

1892. July 4. 

It having been impossible to obtain any accommodations at Roselle, 
N. J. (the place fixed by the Society at its meeting of July 4th, 1891), for 
its next annual meeting, in accordance with arrangements made, by its Presi- 
dent and Committee of Arrangements, the Society of the Cincinnati, in the 
State of New Jersey, met at the Monmouth House, in Spring Lake, N. J. 

The Society being called to order by the President (in the absence of 
the Chaplain), the meeting was opened with prayer by Revd. Dr. Joseph 
Farrand Tuttle. 

The Standing Committee to whom had been specially referred, the 
charges against Dr. Herman Burgin, then reported as follows : 

The Standing Committee in the matter of Dr. H. Burgin beg leave to 
report the following resolution, believing that the best interests of the So- 
ciety will be thereby subserved. Resolved, that the resignation of Dr. Her- 
man Burgin from membership in the Society be accepted upon his compli- 
ance with the agreement made by him with the Standing Committee of the 
Society to the satisfaction of said Committee, and that upon receipt in writing 
by the Secretary of notification from the Committee to that effect, he notify 
Dr. Burgin of such acceptance of said resignation. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the report be accepted and approved, 
and that the said resolution be adopted. On motion, it was resolved, that 
the President appoint a committee of three to collect all documents pertain- 
ing to the Revolution, and if deemed advisable to publish a book containing 
a history of the Institution of the Cincinnati, a list of the property belonging 
to the Society and any other matter for training thought. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the Committee of Arrangements for the 
next annual meeting make provisions for obtaining some prominent gentle- 
man to make an address at the dinner on that day. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the place where the next annual meet- 
ing of the Society should be held, should be left to the discretion of the Com- 
mittee of Arrangements. 

On motion, it was resolved, that an adjourned meeting of the Society 
should be held on the 22d day of February next, at such place as the Com- 
mittee of Arrangements should select. 

At the request of the President, General William S. Stryker made a 
statement in regard to the Monument in course of erection upon the battle- 
ground of Trenton. 

On motion, it was resolved, that this Society order the modeling and 
placing in position on the Trenton Battle Monument of a historical bronze 
tablet with the insignia of the Society, and an inscription that it had been 
donated by the Society thereon, and that four hundred dollars be appro- 

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priated out of the monies of the Society to pay for the same, and that 
General Stryker be appointed a committee of one to attend to the same. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the first minute book together with 
the other records and archives of the Society not necessary for present use, 
be deposited in the vaults of the Trenton Safe Deposit Company of Trenton, 
and that a list of papers and archives be prepared, and the same to be re- 
ceipted for by the Secretary, said list to be presented to the Society at its 
next annual meetingf and entered in the minutes. 



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1893. Feb. 22. 

The Standing Committee report that Rear Admiral John Cumming 
Howell, United States Navy, a member of the Society, having died at Folke- 
stone, England, on 12th September, 1892, that they advise the adoption of 
the following minute : 

The members of the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New 
Jersey, desire to give expression of their regret for the death of their asso- 
ciate, Rear Admiral, John Cumming Howell, United States Navy. 

On motion, it was further resolved : 

That the action of the Standing Committee in authorizing the President 
to accept the resignation of Dr. Herman Burgin whenever he was notified 
by the Vice-President of the final adjustment of the accounts of said Dr. 
Herman Burgin as the late Treasurer of this Society be and the same is hereby 
approved, and the action of the President under said authority in accepting 
the resignation of said Herman Burgin under date of October 12th, 1892, or 
any other date is hereby satisfied, approved, and made the action of this 
Society. 

The Society then took a recess, during which it entertained at dinner 
the Governor of the State of New Jersey, Hon. Asa Bird Gardiner, Secretary 
General of the Society of the Cincinnati and other distinguished guests, after 
which the Society adjourned. 

1893. July 4. 

The Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, met pursuant 
to adjournment at the Monmouth House, Spring Lake, New Jersey. 

The President then made a statement in regard to the correspondence 
carried on by him, and also as to the papers and records of the Society and 
what steps he had taken to preserve them and for their safe keeping. 

The Secretary also made a statement of the correspondence carried on 
by him for the Society. 

The minutes of the previous meeting of July 4th, 1892, and February 
22d, 1893, were read and approved. 

The Standing Committee reported as follows : That they had appointed 
a committee of two (Messrs. W. C. Spencer and W. P. Barber) to audit the 
accounts of the late Treasurer, Mr. David P. Thomas. 

That General William S. Stryker stated to your Committee that he had 
arranged for the placing of the bronze tablet by the Society on the Trenton 
Battle Monument. 

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On motion, it was resolved, that in the future the Treasurer shall give 
a bond for one thousand dollars, the expense of procuring the same to be 
paid by the Society. 

1893. Oct. 19. 

A special meeting was held at the Trenton House, Trenton, N. J., to 
take action ui regard to the death of the late Hon. Hamilton Fish, late Presi- 
dent General of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

The meeting being called to order, and a quorum being present, an- 
nouncement of the death at Garrisons, in the State of New York, on the 
7th instant, of the Honorable Hamilton Fish, late President General of the 
Order of the Cincinnati. 

The members of the Society in the State of New Jersey, desire to give 
expression to their sorrow at the death of their distinguished fellow mem- 
ber, and their appreciation of the loss the Cincinnati has thereby sustained. 

It was directed that the foregoing minutes be placed upon the records 
of this Society, and that copies thereof be forwarded to Mr. Nicholas Fish, 
the Secretary General, and to the Secretaries of the other State Societies. 

The Society then adjourned. 

After the adjournment, the Society attended the unveiling of the Tren- 
ton Battle Monument, and the presentation by the President on behalf of the 
Society of a bronze tablet for the same. 

1894. Feb. 22. 

The Society was called to order by the President, and the Chaplain being 
absent, the roll was called. 

The President announced the deaths of Mr. W. W. Thomas and David 
P. Thomas late Treasurer of the Society. 

[From this point the minutes are made from the minutes compiled by 
General W. S. Stryker, President. W. T. B. S. Imlay, Secretary.] 

Resolved, that the President be authorized to appoint a committee of 
three to select appropriate places and erect thereon suitable monuments com- 
memorating the event happening at such place during the war of the Revo- 
lution, and that the same has been contributed by the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati, the expense not to exceed the amount appropriated therefor by the 
Trustees. 

Mr. Imlay offered the following resolution which was adopted : 

Resolved, that a committee be appointed to consist of the President, the 
Secretary and Adjutant General Stryker, to examine the minutes of the 
Society from its organization, to find what orations were delivered before the 
Society, to collect the same or copies thereof, and to have the same printed at 
the expense of such members as may desire to contribute. 

The President announced that he had appointed the following com- 
mittee in regard to the erection of monuments, etc. : Messrs. Imlay, Jackson 
and Stryker. 

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1 894- July 4- 

The Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, met this day 
at the Monmouth House, Spring Lake, New Jersey. 

In the afternoon of the previous day the Society, through its representa- 
tives, CHfford Stanley Sims and WiUiam Scudder Stryker, had dedicated a 
monument of granite with a bronze historical tablet, on the scene of the 
massacre of Pulaski's troop at Egg Harbor a few miles south of Tuckerton, 
New Jersey. 

The Society being called to order by the President, the meeting was 
opened with prayer by the Chaplain. 

The deed of the property on which the Pulaski Monument was placed 
was presented by the President, and the bills of the Monument Committee, 
two hundred and thirty-four dollars and twelve cents ($234.12), are recom- 
mended to the Society for payment. 

Your Committee state that the accounts of the late Treasurer, Mr. David 
P. Thomas, have been audited, found correct, and the balance turned over to 
the present Treasurer. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the place of holding the next meeting 
of the Society be left to the discretion of the Committee of Arrangements, 
and that the adjourned winter meeting be held at Jersey City, if the Com- 
mittee of Arrangements can make satisfactory arrangements therefor. 

The President announced the death of the following members of the 
Society : 

John Bear Piatt. 

Hon. Frederick Beasley Ogden. 

Hon. Charles Smith Scott. 

On motion, it was resolved, that the Treasurer be and was instructed 
to pay the bills for the costs and expenses of erecting the Pulaski Monument. 

The following resolution was offered by Mr. Spencer and adopted : 

Resolved, that the President appoint a committee to examine the present 
By-Laws of the Society, and report to the Society such amendments and sup- 
plements thereto as in their opinions may be advisable. 

The President appointed as this Committee, Messrs. Bedl^, Harris and 
Spencer. 

The President appointed as the Committee on Memorial Tablets for the 
ensuing year, Messrs. Stryker, Imlay and Harris. 

A recess was then taken, dinner was served, and an address was read by 
Genl. William Scudder Stryker on "The Affair of Egg Harbor, New Jersey, 
October 15th, 1778." 

On motion, the paper was ordered to be printed by the Society. 

1895. Feb. 22. 

The Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, met this 
day at the Laurel-in-the-Pines, Lakewood, N. J., instead of Jersey City, this 
being the adjourned meeting of July 4th, 1894. 

In the absence of the Chaplain, the meeting was opened with prayer by 
the Rev. Doctor Humphreys. 

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The Standing Committee have to announce the deaths of the following 
members as having occurred since the date of the last meeting, namely : 

William Lloyd, an Hereditary member, died 22d September, 1894. 

Joseph Dorset Bedle, an Honorary member, died 21st October, 1894. 

Leon Abbett, an Honorary member, died 4th December, 1894. 

Richard Stockton Gumming, died i8th January, 1895. 

The Rev. Dr. Frank Landon Humphreys was selected as an alternate 
delegate to the General Society. 

On motion, the following resolution ofifered by Mr. Belknap was adopted 
with reference to a new Society now forming in New York City, calling them- 
selves, "Daughters of the Cincinnati" : 

Resolved, that the Standing Executive Committee of the Cincinnati be 
and it is hereby requested to take such steps as will prevent the use of the 
name of this order in any way not contemplated by the founders thereof. 

And be it further Resolved, that the Society of Women incorporated in 
the City of New York on December 27th, 1894, under the laws of the State 
of New York by the name and title of the Daughters of the Cincinnati, is 
an instance of the unauthorized appropriation of the name of this Society. 

And be it further Resolved, that the Secretary be and he is hereby 
directed to transmit a duly certified copy of the foregoing to the Secretary 
General of the Order of the Cincinnati. 

1895. July 4. 

The Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, met this day 
at the Elberon Hotel. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Chap- 
lain, Revd. Samuel Moore Shute, D.D. 

The Standing Committee would call attention to the death of Robert 
Stockton Green, Ex-Governor of the State of New Jersey, Vice-Chancellor 
and Judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals, and an Honorary Member 
of this Society who died at Elizabeth, New Jersey, October 21st, 1894. 

The President was authorized to appoint a Committee of Arrangements 
for the ensuing meeting, February 22, 1896, and the summer meeting of 
July 4th, 1896. 

On motion, the President was authorized to dispose of the "Eagle" in 
his possession to Reverend Doctor Frank Landon Humphrey upon the pay- 
ment of $20. 

The Society took a recess to allow the members to partake of the annual 
dinner after which the gentlemen responded to the several toasts proposed. 

On motion, the Society adjourned to meet February 22d, 1896. 

1896. Feb. 22. 

Pursuant to adjournment, the annual meeting of July 4th, 1895, was 
continued this day at the Laurel-in-the-Pines. 

The Standing Committee would respectfully recommend : 

First : That Frederick Wolcott Jackson be elected as member of the 
Standing Committee in place of Luther Foster Halsey, deceased. 

Second : That Luther Murphy Halsey be selected an Hereditary member 
in place of his late father, Luther Foster Halsey. Recommendations adopted. 

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A recess being taken to afford the members and guests an opportunity 
to partake of the dinner, after which the President dismissed the Society 
with the prayer, "That on the Fourth wherever we may be, may God be with 
us all." 

1896. March 28. 

Pursuant to the following call : 

I am hereby directed by Vice-President Buck, acting President, to call 
an extraordinary meeting of the Society for Saturday, March 28th, at three 
o'clock in the State House, Trenton, New Jersey. 

On motion, the reading of the minutes were omitted. 

Communications from the Society of the Cincinnati in the States of 
Massachusetts and South Carolina, were received and ordered placed on file 
and acknowledgments sent to the respective Societies by the Secretary. 

The following report from the Standing Committee was on motion re- 
ceived : 

Trenton, N. J., March 28, 1896. 
To the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey : 

Your Standing Committee would respectfully report that acting under 
the power vested in them by Article Nine, of the By-Laws, they have ap- 
pointed : 

Franklin Davenport Howell, a member of the Committee, to revise the 
By-Laws in place of Robert Stockton Green, deceased. 

William Scudder Stryker, a member of the Standing Executive Com- 
mittee of the General Society, in place of Clifford Stanley Sims, deceased. 

John Clark Sims, as delegate to the General Society in place of Clifford 
Stanley Sims, deceased. 

Franklin Davenport Howell, alternate, in place of John Clark Sims, ap- 
pointed delegate, and John Clark Sims, trustee in place of Clifford Stanley 
Sims, deceased. 

A paper prepared as a tribute to the late President, Clifford Stanley 
Sims who died March 6, 1896, by Reverend Doctor Frank Landon Humph- 
reys, was read by the Secretary, and on motion, was ordered placed on file 
and presented at annual meeting. July 4th, 1896. 

On motion of Mr. Henry Schenck Harris, a committee of three to be 
appointed by the acting President, was directed to prepare resolutions rela- 
tive to the death of the late President : 

Elberon, N. J., July 4, 1896. 

The Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, met this day 
at the Elberon Hotel. 

The meeting was opened with prayer by the Chaplain, Samuel Moore 
Shute. 

The minutes of the annual meeting, July 4th, 1895, ^"d the adjourned 
meeting of July 4th, 1895, held February 22d, 1896, also of the Special 
meeting of March 28th, 1896. were read and approved. 

Your Committee, on Memorial Tablets, having been informed in Sep- 
tember, 1895, that the Bucks County Historical Society, Bucks County, 

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Pennsylvania, proposed to erect a monumental tablet at Taylorsville, near 
the spot where Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas night of 
1776, at the suggestion of Judge Sims, resolved to erect a tablet in the name 
of our Society on the New Jersey side of the river, and, if possible, to dedi- 
cate the New Jersey Monument on the same day that the monument on the 
Pennsylvania side was dedicated. 

The plan was carried out, the tablet was made and placed upon a block 
of granite in a lot which was deeded to the New Jersey Society by the living 
heirs of the Nedson Estate, and on October 15th, 1895, this monument was 
dedicated in the little village of Washington's Crossing, Mercer County, New 
Jersey. 

General Stryker, of this Society, made the historical address at the meet- 
ing, and copies of this will be given to all who desire. 

The Committee appointed by Acting President Buck at the extraor- 
dinary meeting of the Society held at the State House, Trenton, N. J., March 
28th, 1896, to prepare resolutions relative to the death of our late President, 
Honorable Clifford Stanley Sims reported : 

Resolved, that the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, 
has learned with profound sorrow of the death on March 3d, 1896, at Tren- 
ton, New Jersey, of the Honorable Clifford Stanley Sims then President of 
the Society : 

Resolved, that the Society hereby expresses its high appreciation of his 
lofty character and eminent intellectual ability, and also its grateful estima- 
tion of the great value of his years of devoted service to its advancement 
and welfare: 

Resolved, that the solicitous sympathy of the Society be extended to 
the bereaved widow and children of our beloved brother, and that in mani- 
festation thereof these resolutions be spread in full on the minutes, and an 
engrossed copy be delivered to the family of the deceased President. 

On motion, the resolutions were adopted, and the Secretary was directed 
to have an engrossed copy prepared and delivered to the family. 

Mr. H. D. Maxwell offered a resolution that two flags be procured for 
the Society, one a National Flag, the other the Flag of the Society. 

The resolution was referred to the Standing Committee with power. 

Resolved, that the office of Trustees is hereby abolished. 

An adjournment was taken to enable the members and guests to par- 
take of the dinner and listen to the toasts and addresses. 

1897. Feb. 22. 

The adjourned annual meeting of July 4th, 1896, of the Society, was 
held in the Trenton House, Trenton, N. J., to-day. 

The report of the Trustees was received, accepted, and ordered placed 
on file. 

Whereas, Mr. W. C. Spencer has presented to the Society two type- 
written copies of the minutes from 1872 to 1895, therefore, the Secretary be 
directed to tender him the thanks of the Society for his considerate action. 

Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of the Society that we have lost 

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the following members by death, viz. : Col. W. Potter, Major W. R. Kinney 
and Hon. Mercer Beasley, it is ordered that resolutions of sympathy be sent 
to the families of the deceased members, and spread upon the minutes. 

The thanks of the Society is extended to the Trenton Monument Asso- 
ciation for the passes placed at the disposal of the Society. 

The Committee on By-Laws reported progress and asked to be con- 
tinued. 

Mr. T. T. Kinney was elected a member of the Tablet Committee. 

A recess was taken to allow the members and guests to partake of the 
dinner, after which the meeting was called to order by the President, the In- 
stitution of the Society was read by the Secretary, and Washington's fare- 
well address by Mr. F. W. Jackson. 

The Rev. Dr. Mott, Vice-President of the New Jersey Historical Society, 
delivered an oration. 

1897. July 5. 

The following recommendations of the Standing Committee were 
adopted : 

That whereas, on account of increasing age and ill-health our chap- 
lain, Rev. Dr. Samuel Moore Shute, has offered his resignation, Resolved 
that the same be not accepted. 

That all "Eagles" that in the future may be purchased by honorary 
members are, at the death of the honorary member, to be surrendered to 
the President of the Society, who is directed to cause the Treasurer to pay to 
the legal representative of such deceased member a sum not to exceed $35 for 
the same. Notice of this requirement is to be given to each honorary member 
upon his election. 

That the Committee on Roster be directed, in preparing the same, to pub- 
lish only the military, civil and educational records of members. 

That the President be directed to purchase Cincinnati literature and have 
the same bound and stamped with the name of the Society. Not more than 
$50 to be expended in any one year for this purpose. 

That the Secretary be directed to have identification cards prepared for 
the purpose of enabling members to purchase ribbon and insignia, and that 
the Secretary-General be notified of this action. 

The Standing Committee reported the death of Colonel Anthony Eugene 
Stocker of Philadelphia, Pa., who died in that city May 23, 1897. They 
would recommend that a minute be prepared and sent to the family of the 
deceased. Recommendation adopted. 

The Secretary was directed to extend a vote of thanks to Mr. A. O. 
Dayton for the train accommodations that had been made for the members. 

The Committee on By-laws presented their report, and on motion it was 
Resolved, That the consideration of the By-laws be deferred to the Feb- 
ruary meeting and that a printed copy be sent to each member of the So- 
ciety. 

That in the notice of the February meeting the Secretary be directed 

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to notify members that the adoption of the by-laws would come up at that 
time." 

The claim of Mr. T. K. Chutkowski was laid on the table. 

A recess was taken to allow the members and guests to partake of the 
dinner, after which the Society was called to order by the President. The 
Declaration of Independence was read by the Secrtary, Mr. Imlay. 

Mr. William Pemiington read a paper on "The Beginnings of the So- 
ciety Cincinnati." 

Addresses were made by Dr. E. Weirfield of Lafayette College and the 
Rev. Dr. Baker, of Wilmington, Delaware. 

The President appointed Messieurs Howell, Stockton and Harris a Com- 
mittee of Arrangements for the adjourned meeting to be held at Princeton, 
New Jersey, February 22, 1898. 

1898. Feb. 22. 

Pursuant to adjournment, the Society met in Princeton, N. J. The min- 
utes of previous meetings were read and approved. 

The Standing Committee made the following recommendation, which 
was adopted : 

That the consideration of the proposed new By-laws be deferred until 
the meeting in July, 1898. 

A communication from the Rev. Dr. Shute was received and on motion 
his resignation was accepted. The Secretary was directed to express the 
regret of the Society to Dr. Shute in thus losing his presence and advice. 

A recess was taken for dinner, after which the Society was called to 
order by the President. The Institution was read by the Secretary and the 
Declaration of Independence by Mr. F. W. Jackson. 

Dr. T. M. Cheesman read a paper on "The Campaign Before Quebec." 
Addresses were delivered by Rev. Dr. F. Patton, Capt. Mahan and Com- 
missioner Enright. 

On motion adjourned. 

1898. July 4. 

The Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, met on ac- 
count of the intense heat on the lawn of the Hathaway Inn. In the absence 
of the Chaplain, prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Allen, of Newark, N. ]., 
a guest of the Society. 

The minutes of the adjourned annual meeting, July 4th, 1897, held at 
Princeton, N. J., Feb. 22, 1898, were read and approved: 

Resolved, that all dies of the Society now in possession of any member 
be returned to the Secretary, who shall refund to the owner whatever he 
may have paid for the same. Any member desiring official stationary must 
apply to the Secretary for same : 

Resolved, that a piece of colonial furniture now in the building known 
as Wsahington's Headquarters at Rocky Hill, N. J., be purchased by the 
Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, and be presented to the 
Washington Headquarters Association, and that a silver plate be placed on 

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the same, designating it as the gift of the Society of the Cincinnati, in the 
State of New Jersey, to the Washington Headquarters Association, at Rocky 
Hill, New Jersey. That the expenses are not to exceed fifty dollars, and that 
Mr. F. D. Howell be appointed a committee to carry out the foregoing resolu- 
tion. 

The Standing Committee would respectfully report the death of Genl. 
Robert Field Stockton. 

The Standing Committee desires to announce the death at Baltimore, 
Maryland, July i, 1898, of Assistant Treasurer, General Richard Merideth 
McSherry, and to express to the Maryland Society its deep regret at the loss 
of this distinguished member of their Order. 

A recess being taken, the members and guests partook of the dinner, 
after which the Institution of the order was read by the Secretary, and the 
Declaration of Independence by Mr. Charles H. Woodruff. 

Addresses were made by Ex-President Harrison, Governor Voorhees, 
Rev. Dr. Allen of Newark and General Daniel E. Sickles. 

While the Rev. Dr. Allen ivas speaking, a messenger handed President 
Harrison a telegram. He immediately arose, interrupted the speaker and, 
zvith flushed face and voice showing suppressed emotion, announced the 
capture of Cervera's fleet in the harbor of Santiago. For a moment there 
was silence, then as the full import of the news broke upon the audience, 
members of the Society and guests of the hotel broke into a round of enthusi- 
astic applause, ladies waved fans and handkerchiefs ivhile the men shook each 
other's hands in congratulation. A voice struck up "Hail Columbia" and 
then "America," in which all enthusiastically joined. 

This closed one of the most eventful meetings of the Society. 

W. T. B. S. Imlay, Secretary. 

1899. Feb. 22. 

Pursuant to adjournment, the Society met at Summit, New Jersey. No 
business transacted. At the dinner addresses were made by Rev. Dr. Buck- 
ley, Gen. James Grant Wilson and Canon Knowles. 

1899. July 4. 

The meeting was called to order by the President. Minutes of last 
meeting read and approved. 

The several recommendations of the Standing Committee were adopted 
with the exception of the sixth, which was rejected, as information was given 
the Society that Mr. Robert Wallace Burnet had left a son who would be 
the natural representative of Surgeon General William Burnet. 

The Committee on Flags reported progress. 

A recess was taken for dinner, after which the President called the So- 
ciety to order. The Institution was read by the Secretary, and addresses 
made by guests of the Society. 

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igoo. Feb. 22. 

The Flag Committee report that they had procured proper colors for the 
Society, consisting of a United States flag, a New Jersey State flag, and a 
Cincinnati Standard. The flags would be displayed for the first time at 
the dinner this evening. 

The report of the Committee was received and accepted, and the Com- 
mittee discharged with the thanks of the Society. 

The Standing Committee recommend that a certified copy of the follow- 
ing resolution, which is now offered and recommended to the Society for 
adoption, be sent to Hon. Charles S. Littlefield, member of Congress from 
Maine, Washington, D. C, viz. : "Resolved, That the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati in the State of New Jersey, desires to express its unanimous wish 
that the Congress of the United States would see fit to make an appropria- 
tion for a suitable monument to the memory of General Henry Knox, 
the distinguished Chief of Artillery of the American Army in the War of 
the Revolution, and we hereby memorialize Congress to grant this petition." 

The following resolutions were unanimously adopted. Resolved, that 
this Society express to its fellow member, the Rev. Doctor Frank L. Humph- 
reys, their pleasure and gratitude in accepting from him the gift of the 
President's gavel, made from the wood of a tree grown at Mount Vernon. 

Resolved, that this Society, at its semi-annual meeting on Washington's 
Birthday, desires to place on record its hearty expressions of satisfaction at 
the dignified and fitting ceremonial instituted and carried out by the General 
Society of this Order, on the fourteenth of December last, at Saint Paul's 
Chapel, New York, in commemoration of the death of the illustrious Father 
of his country. 

The Standing Committee desire to call your attention to the death of 
our fellow-members, Abraham Stout and Hon. John P. Stockton. 

A recess being taken for the purpose of partaking of dinner at the Wal- 
dorf-Astoria where were gathered representatives of all the State Societies 
of the Cincinnati, and the following distinguished guests: 

Hon. J. B. Pioda, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Republic, Wash- 
ington, D. C; Hon. John S. Wise; Colonel Theodore A. Dodge, U. S. A.; 
Mr. William Nelson; Rev. J. B. Chidwick, of the "Maine," and Mr. J. C. 
Tomlinson. All of whom addressed the Society. 

1900. July 4. 

The President, General W. S. Stryker, called the meeting to order. 
Mr. F. W. Jackson offered prayer. 

A recess was taken to partake of dinner, after which the Society was 
called to order by the President. The Institution was read by the Secretary, 
and Historic papers on General Maxwell by H. D. Maxwell, and on Col. 
Oliver Spencer, by Mr. Gales. 

1901. Feb. 22. 

The Committee of Arrangements, in accordance with the saiggestion of 
the Standing Committee of the Society, accepted the invitation of the Legis- 
lature of the State of New Jersey and the Society of the Cincinnati, in the 

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State of New Jersey, met in the Assembly Chamber in the State Capitol this 
day at 12 M., Dr. F. L. Humphreys, having been elected President, called 
the meeting to order and offered prayer. 

On motion, it was resolved, that a Committee be appointed to draft 
suitable resolutions concerning the death of William Bowen Buck, and pre- 
sent them to the Society, July 4th, 1901. 

On motion, it was resolved, that a committee be appointed to draft 
suitable resolutions concerning the death of John Clarke Sims and Thomas 
Talmadge Kinney. 

The President appointed Messrs. McGee, Wilson and Barber. 

Mr. Harris offered the following resolutions which were adopted by a 
rising vote: 

Resolved, that this Society place upon its ever-to-be preserved record 
its high appreciation and love for Major General William Scudder Stryker, 
LL.D., gallant soldier, efficient officer; for thirty-three years Adjutant Gen- 
eral of the State, historian and scholar for four years, and at the close of his 
life the loved and honored President of the Society : 

Resolved, that to his widow and children we give our deep sympathy 
and the assurance that we mourn his untimely death on the 29th day of 
October, nineteen hundred, as an irreparable loss to the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati : 

The following communication was received from the New York State 
Society of the Cincinnati. It is with great sorrow that I announce to the 
brothers of your Society the death in this City on the i6th inst. of our 
esteemed and beloved President, General William Greene Ward. 

Faithfully yours, 

Talbot Oliphant, 

Secretary. 
1 90 1. January 17. 

The following resolution was unanimously adopted : Whereas the New 
York State Society of the Cincinnati has suffered great loss in the death of 
its President, William Greene Ward, therefore be it Resolved by the Society 
of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey that it extends to the New York 
Society its sympathy in their affliction, and that a copy of this resolution be 
sent to the New York Society. 

Resolved, that to the family of General Stryker there be sent an en- 
grossed copy of these resolutions. 

Extracts from the Institution were read by Capt. F. D. Howell. 

Mr. F. M. McGee read a paper prepared by the late Vice-President, 
William Bowen Buck on the late President General Stryker. 

The Secretary, Mr. Imlay, delivered the eulogy upon the late President, 
General William Scudder Stryker. 

Hon. S. H. Grey made an historical address. 

Hon. Mr. Whitehead, of the Society of the Sons of the American Revo- 
lution, presented a memorial concerning the late President, which he asked 
to have sent to Mrs. Stryker. 

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Mr. Harris offered the following resolutions which were unanimously 
adopted : 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be given to the Honorable 
Foster M. Voorhees, Governor of New Jersey, for his kindness and courtesy 
to us on this occasion. Resolved, that the Society of the Cincinnati, in the 
State of New Jersey, express to the Senate and General Assembly of the 
State their gratitude for their resolution giving them the use of the Senate 
and Assembly chambers for this day : 

Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be extended to the President 
of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, and to the Adjutant 
General, Oliphant, for their kindness and courtesy in connection with the 
present meeting. Mr. Woodruff offered the following resolution which was 
adopted : 

Resolved, that the proceedings of this meeting with the resolutions and 
addresses presented be printed for preservation in the archives of the Society 
as a perpetual memorial and for distribution. 

Mr. Harris, Chairman of the Standing Committee, reported that the 
Committee acting under the provisions of Sec. IX., of the By-Laws, had 
appointed to fill the vacancy that existed in the offices. President and Vice- 
President of the Society, Dr. Frank Landon Humphreys, President, and Cap- 
tain Franklin Davenport Howell, Vice-President. The President and Vice- 
President to serve until next Fourth of July, when the election will take 
place. On motion, adjourned. 

1 901. July 4. 

Meeting was called to order by the President. 

The following communications relative to the death of Genl. W. S. 
Stryker were received. From the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of 
Massachusetts; Society of Cincinnati, in the State of South Carolina; Society 
of Cincinnati, in the State of New York ; Society of Cincinnati, in the State 
of Maryland, and from the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Rhode 
Island. They were ordered placed on file, and the Secretary was directed 
to acknowledge their receipt. 

Mr. Maxwell reports as follows for the committee on William Bowen 
Buck's resolution. 

Whereas, in the death of William Bowen Buck, for many years Vice- 
President of the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, this 
Society has suffered a great loss, therefore be it Resolved, that the following 
minute be made upon the records of this Society : 

William Bowen Buck was admitted to this Society in 1856, and was at 
the time of his death its senior member. 

He has continuously labored faithfully in its interest. His courteous and 
genial manner made him not only highly respected, but loved by his fellow 
members, and his death will be greatly felt by this Society. 

The Committee appointed to prepare resolutions on the death of Mr. 
John Clarke Sims and Mr. Thomas Talmadge Kinney reported as follows : 

Mr. Sims was admitted to membership in this Society, July 4, 1875, 
and was therefore one of the oldest members. 

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His kindly nature and courteous manner endeared him to every one, 
his large experience on the executive staff of a great corporation, and his 
large business experience made him a most valuable member of this Society. 
He gave much of his time and thought to its interests, his family relations 
are said to have been ideal, and his whole neighborhood mourned him. John 
Clarke Sims more than any man of his day succeeded in retaining the confi- 
dence and warm friendship of all the many antagonistic classes that make a 
great city, a great university, and a great corporation. No one appreciated 
better than he the changing conditions of modern life, and no one more suc- 
cessfully reached the happy mean of keeping up-to-date without offensive 
radicalism. He saw and showed that he recognized the good that existed in 
men and measures not entirely popular, and he was quick to adapt it to 
possible reforms. 

This Society, desires to express its great sense of its loss, and to ex- 
tend to his family its deepest sympathy. 

Sometimes a man drops out of the life, and the world goes on the same 
as before, without any note being left of his disappearance. Not so with 
our brother, Thomas T. Kinney. 

Stalwart, rugged, yet kindly and affectionate, a man of affairs, a born 
leader of men, one who was always in the forefront of the effort of his time, 
his death is a distinct loss to this generation. 

In his death we have lost an active member, a kindly friend, and one 
who graced our Society, and we shall miss at every meeting his cheery voice, 
his helpful counsel, and his kindly ways : 

Resolved, that these minutes be spread in full on the records of the 
Society. 

The reports of the committee were received and accepted, and the reso- 
lution was adopted. 

1902. Feb. 22. 

The Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, held no 
business meeting, but had a dinner at the Hotel Waldorf, New York. 

Addresses were made by General D. S. Sickles, Col. Asa Bird Gardi- 
ner and Supt. W. H. Maxwell. 

1902. July 4. 

The meeting was called to order by the President, and prayer was 
offered by the Chaplain. 

1903. Feb. 23. 

The Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, dined at the 
Hotel Bellevue, Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Fraser offered the following resolu- 
tion which was adopted : 

The Society of the Cincinnati, in the States of New Jersey and Dela- 
ware, send cordial greeting to their Sister Society of the commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania, in whose territory all are jointly and severally celebrating the 

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one hundred and seventy-first anniversary of the birth of the immortal Father 
of his country. 

The Society of the Cincinnati, in New Jersey and in Delaware, wish 
their sister Society of Pennsylvania a continuation of her prosperous and 
honorable career, and trust that each succeeding anniversary of the Nation's 
birth and of Washington's birth may strengthen the ties between all the 
State branches of our common and ever glorious Society of the Cincinnati. 

Several members of the Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of Dela- 
ware dined with our Society. 

1903. July 4. 

The annual meeting of the Society was called to order by the President. 

The minutes of July 4th, 1902, were read and approved. 

The Standing Committee reported that the Treasurer's accounts had 
been audited, found correct, and approved. 

The Standing Committee reported the following deaths : 

Mr. Aaron Ogden Dayton, October 14, 1902, at Camden, New Jersey. 
Mr. Dayton was the grand-nephew and representative of Captain Jonathan 
Dayton. 

Mr. William Case Osmun, on December 11, 1902, at Plainfield, New 
Jersey. Mr. Osmun was the grand-nephew and representative of Brevet 
Captain Benajah Osmun. 

The Secretary was directed to send the following minutes to the respec- 
tive families of our deceased brethren and to spread them on the minutes of 
the Society: 

The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey having heard 
of the death on October 14, 1902, of Mr. Aaron Ogden Dayton, the grand- 
nephew of Captain Jonathan Dayton, they would tender to his family our deep 
sense of loss at the death of our fellow-member and our sympathy in this their 
hour of bereavement. 

Whereas, the Society has heard of the death of Mr. William Case 
Osmun, who died at Plainfield, New Jersey, December 16, 1902, they would 
tender to the family of our deceased brother the sympathy of the society in 
this their hour of affliction. 

The Special Committee on place of meeting reported as follows : 

Your committee appointed to take into consideration the fixing of the 
place for holding the meetings of the Society in the State of New Jersey, 
and the advisability of conferring with the Governor of New Jersey in 
reference to the Society holding their meetings in the State House at Tren- 
ton, respectfully report the following resolutions : 

1. Resolved, that the meetings of the Society be held at or near some 
historic locality of Revolutionary interest within the State of New Jersey: 

2. Resolved, that President Humphreys, Vice-President Howell, and 
his Excellency, Governor Murphy, be and hereby are appointed a committee 
to endeavor to obtain permission for the Society to hold such meetings of 
the Society as are held in Trenton in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol. 

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Dr. Frazer offered the following: 

Resolved, that a special committee of not less than three members be 
appointed by the President, to ascertain what measures, if any, may be 
adopted to bring into closer affiliation the several State branches of the 
Society : 

Resolved, that the committee ascertain the sentiment of the members of 
the Societies in adjoining States as to the desirability of uniting as Societies 
in a joint reunion dinner to be given on the next and subsequent anniversaries 
of the birthday of Washington, and in case of the approval of any such 
Society that it recommend the best means for carrying such plan into effect. 

The resolutions were unanimously adopted. 

{In April, 1904, the President appointed as the committee Dr. P. Fraser, 
Chairman; Messrs. Dayton, Barber, Pennington and Imlay. ) 

The President, on motion, appointed as a committee to revise the By- 
Laws. Messrs. Campbell, Cheesman, Maxwell and Imlay. 

1904. Feb. 22. 

The Society of the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey, met in the 
Senate Chamber in the Capitol in Trenton, New Jersey, February 22, 1904, 
at 12 M. 

The meeting was called to order by the President. In the absence of 
the Chaplain, prayer was offered by Mr. F. W. Jackson. 

The President, Dr. Humphreys, presented the Society with a Cincinnati 
flag, which was accepted with thanks by Mr. F. W. Jackson, on behalf of the 
Society. 

The Institution was read by the Vice-President, Mr. F. D. Howell. 

No business was brought for action before the Society. 

The oration was delivered by Hon. John W. Griggs. Addresses were 
made by Hon. W. Potter and the Bishop of Michigan. 

A vote of thanks was given to the Senate and Governor for courtesies 
extended to the Society, and the Secretary was directed to convey the same. 

1904. July 4. 

The annual meeting was called to order by the President. 

The Standing Committee called attention to the death of Hon. Samuel 
Howell Gray, an Honorary Member, on December 7, 1903. Of Mr. 
Horace Phillips on May 7, 1904, and of Mr. Frederick Wolcott Jackson on 
June 14, 1904. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Mr. Frederick Wolcott Jackson was made an honorary member of the 
Society in 1885 and an Hereditary Member in 1888; a member of the 
Standing Committee in 1895, and served as Delegate to the General Society 
until his election as an officer of that body in 1899. 

Mr. Jackson, through his integrity and noble bearing, has endeared 
himself to the members of this Committee, and by his clear intellect materially 
aided in the deliberations of our body. 

Having just passed the age of three-score years and ten, he honorably 

267 



fulfilled the duties of a more than usually active life, and though his absence 
from our meetings will be sorely felt, we can but acquiesce in the decree of 
Providence. Inscribe after his name the record, "Well done, good and faith- 
ful servant." 

The Secretary was directed to forward a copy of the above resolution 
to the family of Mr. Jackson. 

Dr. Frazer, for the committee, appointed to confer with other Societies 
relative to a joint dinner, reported as follows : Gentlemen of the Society of 
the Cincinnati, in the State of New Jersey. 

The Committee appointed at the last regular meeting of this Society, to 
ascertain the sentiment of the members of the Societies, in adjacent States, 
as to the desirability of uniting (as Societies) in a joint reunion dinner to 
be given on the next and subsequent anniversaries of the birthday of Wash- 
ington; and in case of the approval of such Societies to recommend the best 
means for carrying the plan into effect, has the honor to report as follows : 

Your committee deeming it judicious to elicit unofficially the opinions 
of the various Societies referred to, before recommending this Society to 
commit itself to a formal invitation, addressed notes to the officers of the 
Societies in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware 
and Maryland, requesting them to inform it, each for his own Society, of the 
attitude of the members towards the plan above indicated. 

The officers of four of the six Societies addressed, viz. : Rhode 
Island, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, regard with favor the 
proposition to hold a joint dinner of the Societies of adjacent States on 
February 22d, but the latter Society will be unable to take part owing to 
the fact that its annual meeting occurs on that date. 

The Society in New York will submit the question to its members on the 
coming Fourth of July. 

The Society in Pennsylvania has pronounced against such a reunion. 

In view of these facts your Committee recommends that it be continued 
for the purpose of receiving the notifications of the Secretaries of the So- 
cieties in Rhode Island. Connecticut, New York and Delaware, of the action 
taken respectively by the Societies of these States at their approaching annual 
meeting on the Fourth of July. 

Upon the receipt of these, the promised notifications, which will be 
forwarded to the Secretary of this Society, your Committee recommends that 
the said Secretary be instructed on behalf of this Society to invite through 
their Secretaries those State Societies which shall have expressed their desire 
to join in a reunion dinner on the coming 22d of February and subsequent 
anniversaries of Washington's birthday, to meet with it in such joint cele- 
bration and dinner at such hour and place as the committee of arrangements 
to be authorized by the respective standing committees of the Societies 
invited and of this Society, may determine. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Persifor Frazer, Chairman. 
W. T. B. S. Imlay. 
William Pennington. 

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Dr. Frazer also reported the following minority report. 
The undersigned members of the committee appointed to consider the 
matter of bringing into closer affiliation the several State branches of this 
Society, beg leave to report that they are unable to concur in the report of 
the majority of this committee, as their recommendations to unite with the 
other State branches at a meeting on February 22d next, and on subsequent 
Washington's birthdays would, if adopted, prevent the carrying out of the 
present satisfactory arrangements for meeting in the Senate chamber at 
Trenton, and the purpose of making this place of meeting on February 22d 
permanent. 

(Signed.) 

William P. Barber. 
Hughes Dayton. 

Both reports were received and the recommendations of the majority 
report were adopted. 

The Secretary was authorized to procure a stenographer when necessary 
in transcribing Society matters. 

1905. Feb. 22. 

Washington Hotel, Jersey City, 

The adjourned meeting of the Society was called to order by the Presi- 
dent. 

The following recommendations of the Standing Committee were 
adopted : 

1. That the Secretary be directed to complete the abstract of the minutes 
to the present time. 

2. That the Secretary be directed to have 50 blue books bound in cloth, 
and that he be directed to supply each member with one, and to charge $1.00 
each for all desired in excess of the one given by the Society. 

In the evening the Society joined with the New York Society at dinner 
at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York. 

1905. July 4. 

The meeting was called to order by the President, prayer was offered 
by the Chaplain. 

On motion, the reading of the minutes was omitted. 

A communication from the New York State Society through its Secre- 
tary, relative to the non-eligibility of Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rennselaer, 
was ordered placed on file. 

A communication from Laura A. Howell, relative to the death of her 
brother, A. B. Howell, informed the Society that his nephew, Frank W. 
Nelson, of Burlington, Kansas, was the person next in line to succeed him. 
The communication was ordered placed on file, and the Secretary was 
directed to communicate with Mr. Nelson. 

A communication from the President was received, but no action was 
taken thereon. 

On motion, of Dr. Cheesman, it was ordered that a nomination com- 

269 



mittee consisting of five members, two of whom should not be members of 
the Standing Committee, be appointed. 

On motion of Dr. Cheesman, this committee consisted of Messrs. Bar- 
ber, Hendry, Maxwell, Montgomery and Ogden. 

The Committee on By-Laws reported progress. 

Messrs. F. D. Howell and P. A. Hendry were appointed a committee 
to examine the securities held by the designated depository for securities 
owned by the Society, that they make an examination just prior to the annual 
meeting, and at the same time obtain from the safe depository the amount 
of income paid to the Treasurer for the year next preceding the annual 
meeting, and report to the Standing Committee. 

It was resolved, that the Secretary be and is hereby authorized and em- 
powered to purchase for the Society at a reasonable price, one copy of 
"Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution," edited by General 
W. S. Stryker, and published by authority of the State of New Jersey, and 
also one copy of "Heitmans' Historical Register of Officers in the Conti- 
nental Army." 

The Secretary was directed to extend the thanks of the Society to the 
Washington Headquarters Association for the use of the Headquarters and 
for courtesies extended. 

The nominating committee reported through its Secretary, Mr. Mont- 
gomery, that they would present the names of all officers for re-election with 
the exception of that of the present Secretary, Mr. Imlay, and whereas the 
Assistant Secretary declined the position, they would present the name 
of Dr. Cheesman for Secretary, and Mr. Imlay for member of the Standing 
Committee in place of Dr. Cheesman. 

They would also recommend that a set of engrossed resolutions be pre- 
sented to Mr. Imlay for his long and faithful services. 

The report of the Committee in so far as it related to Mr. Imlay was 
rejected. 

1906. Feb. 22. 

The meeting was called to order by the President. In the absence of 
the Chaplain, prayer was offered by the. Revd. Dr. Blanchard. Minutes 
of the meetings of July, 1903; Feb., 1904; July, 1904; Feb., 1905, and July, 
1905, were read and approved. 

A communication from Mr. Heth Lorton, of the Virginia Society, was 
received and ordered placed on file. 

The Committee on excerpts reported progress. On motion of Dr. 
Cheesman it was Resolved, That the Committee be directed to submit to the 
Society the result of their work before proceeding to print. 

Mr. Campbell, from the Committee on By-Laws, reported that the Com- 
mittee had finished a draft of the By-Laws and offered the following resolu- 
tion : Resolved, That instead of reading the By-Laws as drafted, the said 
draft be printed and a copy be mailed by the Secretary to every member 
of the Society. 

Mr. Woodruff moved that Dr. Frazer be requested to tender the fol- 

270 



lowing resolution to our Vice-President who is now confined to his house 
sick. Resolved, That the Society has listened with great interest to the 
report made by Dr. Frazer of the illness of our Vice-President and be it 

Resolved, That Dr. Frazer be requested by the Society in meeting as- 
sembled to tender to our esteemed officer and brother their profound sym- 
pathy with him in his present illness and their earnest hope that he will 
be speedily restored to health and be with us at our next meeting. 

On motion a committee of three was appointed by the President in com- 
pliance with the suggestion of the Virginia Society as expressed in the 
communication of Mr. Heth Lorton. The President appointed as such Com- 
mittee Messrs. Frazer, Campbell, and Cheesman. Dr. Cheesman declining 
to serve, Mr. Woodruff was appointed in his place. 

1906. July 4. 

Meeting was held at Washington Headquarters, Morristown, N. J. It 
was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Howell, the Chaplain of the Society. 
In the absence of Mr. Imlay, Mr. W. P. Barber was appointed Secretary 
pro tem. 

The minutes of February 22 after being amended as to the communica- 
tion of Mr. Lorton were approved. 

The Committee on excerpts were empowered to go on with the publi- 
cation of the excerpts at a cost of not over $500. 

Consideration of new by-laws was postponed until the February meet- 
ing. By unanimous consent the Secretary was directed to cast a ballot for 
the same officers for the ensuing year as those now in office. 

The following telegram was sent to our Vice-President, lying ill at his 
home in Philadelphia, Pa. : "The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of 
New Jersey sends greeting to the Vice-President and regrets his inability 
to be present." 

The members then adjourned to the First Presbyterian Church, where 
the services were opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Erdman. The Declaration 
of Independence was read by Dr. Cheesman, and the Institution of the So- 
ciety by Mr. Woodruff. After the singing of "The Sword of Bunker Hill," 
a very eloquent oration was delivered by the Revd. W. H. Morgan, D.D., 
of Newark. The services were closed by a benediction by Revd. Mr. Howell, 
the Chaplain. The congregation then adjourned to the Green, where the 
flag was raised for the first time on the new flag staff by Miss Mary 
Merrill great, great granddaughter of Com. Oliver H. Perry, after which 
the members of the Society and others proceeded to the Hall adjoining the 
Headquarters, when the annual dinner was served. 



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Dr. The Treasurer of the Cincinnati Society of New Jersey for 
THE Following Final Settlement Notes. 















Int. 


Amount in 


Subscribed by 


When 


paid 


Dated 


Com'i 


ng Dollars 


Lieut. 


Col. John Conway. 


23 Oct., 


17839 


Oct., 


1783 22 


Mch. 


-1783 


60. 


Capt. 


James Bonnell . . . 


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40. 


Capt. 


Robert Pemberton. 


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it 




40. 


Lieut 


Ephraim Darby. . 


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tt 




26.60 


Ensig 


n John Read 


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20. 


B. Gen. EHas Dayton . . . . 


6 May, 


1784 I 


May, 


1784 4 


Nov. 


1783 


125. 


Col. ] 


srael Shreve 


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ti 




75- 


Col. Oliver Spencer 


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75- 


Col. . 


fohn N. Cumming. 


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75- 


Lieut. 


Col. J. Forman . 


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60. 


Major John Ross ..... 


tt 








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50. 


Major John Burrows . . . 


tt 








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50. 


Major Samuel Reading . 


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50. 


Major Richard Cox ... 


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50. 


Major Natl. Bowman . . 


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tt 




50- 


Capt. 


Alex. Mitchell ... 


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tt 




40. 


Capt. 


John Holmes ... 


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It 




40. 


Capt. 


Samuel Hendry . . 


tt 








ti 




40. 


Capt. 


Jonathan Dayton . 


tt 








It 




40. 


Capt. 


Aaron Ogden . . . 


tt 








tt 




40. 


Capt. 


Able Weyman . . . 


ti 








tt 




40. 


Capt. 


Jeremiah Ballard . 


ft 








tt 




40. 


Capt. 


Jonathan Holmes . 


tt 








It 




40. 


Capt. 


Nathl. Leonard . . 


tt 








tt 




40. 


Capt. 


Cyrus DeHart . . . 


it 








tt 




40. 


Capt. 


Derick Lane 


tt 








tt 




40. 


Capt. 


William Helmes . 


tt 








tt 




40. 


Capt. 


William Barton . . . 


tt 








tt 




40. 


(( 


William Piatt . . . 


tt 








tt 




40. 


(t 


John Howell .... 


tt 








tt 




40. 


it 


Absalom Martin . 


tt 








tt 




40. 


ti 


Jonathan Phillips 


tt 








tt 




40. 


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John Heard, Cavalr 


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tt 




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James Heard " 


tt 








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Giles Mead ...... 


tt 








tt 




40. 


Surgeon Ebenezer Elmer 


tt 








tt 




60. 


It 


Jacob Harris . 


tt 








tt 




60. 


Lieut 


Luther Halsey . . 


tt 








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Edmond D.Thoma 


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26.60 


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Abram Appleton . 


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26.60 














272 













/ 



Amount brought forward 
6 May, 1784 i May, 1784 4 Nov., 1783 



Lieut. Samuel Conn 
John Blair .. 

" Ephraim Whitlock 

" Eden Burrows . 

" John Reed .... 

" John Reucastle 

" Samuel Seely . . 
Absalom Bonham 

" William Kersey 
Samuel M. Shute 

" Jonathan Rhea 

" John Peck 

" Bona j ah Osman. 

" George Walker 

" Joseph Buck . . 
Wessel T. Stout 
Lieut. Abraham Stout . . . 

" Wm. Pennington 
Ensign John Bishop . 

" Wm. Shute . . . 
Peter Faulkner 
Almarine Brooks. 

" Francis Luce . 

" Moses Sprowls 

" William Tuttle 

" John Hopper . 

" Jacob Hyer . . , 

" Cornelius R. Svdam 
Lieut. Chilon Ford .\ . . . 
Revd. Andrew Hunter 

( 2 notes) 6 July, 1794 

Elias Boudinot, Esq. .6th July (4 notes for 
Lt. Col. David Brearly, Esq. " (two notes for 

Major Richard Howell, Esq. " 

Capt. Nathl. Donnall 

Capt. Lieut. Seth Bowen " 

Lieut. Eli Elmer. . 
Doctor Lewis Dunham . . 5th July, '85 

Doctor George Cample .... 4th July, '86 May i , 1 784 Nov. 4, '83 
Capt. John Polhemus .... " (two certificates 

Col. Matthias Ogden 4th July, '87 

Dr. Thomas Henderson .... " i Mch., 1784 i Jan., '84 

Genl. David Forman " 13 Nov., 1783 15 Nov., '83 

Lieut. Anthony Reckless ....i Dec. '87 i Mch., '84 3 Nov., '83 



26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 

33 30 

20. 

20. 

20. 

20. 

20. 

20. 

20. 

20. 

20. 

20. 

33 30 

77- 

I 04 . 60 
60.60 

SO- 
SO. 
33-30 

33 30 
60. 

90. 

42. 

75- 
84.17 
152.45 
33-30 



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27Z 



Amount brought forward 

Col. John Beatty 4 J"ly, 1788 27 July, '86 i May, '80 88.4 

Surg. Jabez Campfield 8 Sqit., 1788 i Mch., '84 4 Nov.,' 83 60. 

Major John Hollinshead 27 May, 1789 20 Dec, '83 i Jan., '83 80. 

Major Bloomfield . . . .22,762 4 July, 1789 Dec. 20, 1783 Jan. i, 1781 50. 

Capt. Lt. Jacob Piatt 22,920 " " " 33 -S^ 

Chief Phy. Wm. Burnet 4 July, 1793 13 May. 1793 ^ 125. 

Surg. Ebenezer Stockton 20,253 5 July, '90 20 Jan., '84 Nov. 4 '83 60. 

Chap. J. F. Armstrong 94,908 5 July, '90 31 Mch., '88 Mch. 22, '83 75. 
Wm. Burnet, Jr., for 

Major Burnet 4 July, 1793 13 May, 1793 50. 

Total amount in certificates $4,153.96 



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Dr. Dr. The Treasurer of the Cincinnati Society of 

New Jersey. 

1784. 

July 5 To cash reed, on account of expenses of the repre- 
sentation in General Society $144.60 

1785- 

April To Amount of Interest as per endorsement on Sun- 
dry Notes , 20.72 

July 5 To cash reed, on account of expenses of the repre- 
sentation in General Society 46.60 

1787. 

April 13 To cash reed, for int. as per endorsement on Sun- 
dry Notes 37-30 

July 5 To cash reed, of 13 members 35 per cent, each on 
acet. of expenses of the representation in 

General Society 60.60 

To cash reed. 33 members 25 per cent, each on acet. 
of expenses of the representation in General 
Society and appointment of the sum due from 

this State Society to Major L'Enfant 110.00 

To cash reed, from Capt. Leonard on acet. Ex- 
penses 4 . 00 

1788. 

Jan. I To cash reed, for interest as per endorsement on 

Sundry Notes 3°- 5*^ 

June 30 To cash reed, of Col. Israel Shreve his proportion 

of expenses 8 . 00 

July 4 To cash reed, of sundry members on acet. of ex- 
penses 44 . 60 

Sept. 10 To cash reed, of Captain Jacob Piatt on acet. of ex- 
penses 8 . 00 

1789. 

Jan. 23-30 To cash reed, for int. as per endorsements on Sun- 
dry Notes 35-8i 

July 4 To cash reed, of Doctor Ebenezer Elmer, Lieut. 

Anthony Reckless 1 1 • 30 

$562.50 

1784 Contra. Cr. 

July 5 By cash paid the representatives attending the Gen- 
eral Society their expenses in full $165.60 

1785- 

July 5 By cash paid Mr. Blair by order for advertismg the 

meeting of the Society i .00 

27s 



1787 

July 5 By cash put into the hand of the Honorable Robt. 
Lettis Hooper the amt. of the sum due Major 

L'Enfant to be remitted Gen. Knox 150.63 

By cash paid the Hon. Elias Boudinot, Col. David 
Brearley, and Capt. Jonathan Dayton, their 

expenses attending the General Society 72- -5 

23 By cash paid John Phillips, Esq., for filling up fifty- 
six diplomas 14 . CX3 

1788 

July 4 By cash paid Col. Brearley and Major Bloomfield, 
their expenses attending the General Society 
in May last 48 . 00 



1789 

July 4 By Balance in the hand of the Treasurer iii.oo 



$451-50 
III .00 
$562.50 



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CANTONMENT OF THE AMERICAN ARMY. 

19th of June, 1783. 

At a meeting of the general officers, and the gentlemen delegated by 
the respective regiments, at a convention for establishing the Society of the 
Cincinnati, held by the request of the President, 

It Was Resolved, That the bald eagle, carrying the emblems on its 
breast, be established as the order of the Society, and that the ideas of 
Major L'Enfant, respecting it and the manner of its being worn by the 
members, be adopted. That the order be of the same size, and in every 
other respect conformable to the said design, which for that purpose is 
certified by the Baron De Steuben, President of this Convention, and to 
be deposited in the archives of the Society, as the original, from which all 
copies are to be made. Also, that silver medals, not exceeding the size 
of a Spanish milled dollar, with the emblems, as designed by Major 
L'Enfant, and Certified by the President, be given to each and every 
member of the Society, together with a diploma, on parchment, whereon 
shall be impressed the exact figures of the order, and medal, as above men- 
tioned; anything in the original Institution, respecting gold medals, to the 
contrary notwithstanding. 

Major L'Enfant's letter is as follows: 

Philadelphia, loth June, 1783. 

"My General : Immediately on receiving your letter of the 20th May, 
which I met by accident at the post office, on the 7th inst., I set myself about 
the plan of the medal. I send you both faces of the design, which I have 
made large, so that you may better judge of them. In the execution they 
can be reduced to a convenient size, which, on account of the precision 
required in the design, ought not to be less than a dollar, the subject being 
too complex to admit of its being properly detailed in a smaller compass. 

"I have not made it oval, agreeably to your desire, as such form is not 
proper for a medal; besides, it can be done in the execution, if the idea 
should be persisted in of having the order in that form, to which, however, 
I think any other preferable. I also believe and hope that you will be per- 
suaded of this, and endeavor to convince the gentlemen of it who compose 
the committee for forming the Institution, and to whom I beg you to 
communicate the following observations : 

"A medal, whether round or oval, is considered, in the different states 
of Europe, only as a reward of the laborer and the artist, or as a sign of a 
manufacturing community, or religious society; besides, the abusive custom 
prevailing particularfy in Germany and Italy, of sending to France mounte- 
banks, dancers and musicians, ornamented in this manner, renders it neces- 
sary to distinguish this order by a form which shall be peculiar to itself. 
and which will answer the two-fold purpose of honoring those invested with 
it, and making itself respected for its simplicity, by such as may be in a 
situation minutely to examine its different parts. 

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"Not that I suppose one form or another will change the opinion of a 
republican people, accustomed to think: I only say, that in an institution of 
this sort, the main design should be to render it respectable to everybody, 
and that it is only in appealing to the senses that you can engage the attention 
of the common people, who have certain habitual prejudices which cannot 
be destroyed. A gentleman already invested with any European order would 
be unwilling to carry a medal, but if, flattered by receiving a mark of dis- 
tinction from a respectable society, he should do it, the manner of it would 
by no means increase the value of the order. On the contrary, giving it a 
new and particular form will be adding a recommendation to its real value, 
and engage those invested with it to wear it in the same manner as their 
other military orders, which is the surest means of putting it at once upon 
a footing with them. 

"The bald eagle, which is peculiar to this continent, and is distinguished 
from those of other climates by its white head and tail, appears to me to 
deserve attention. 

"I send you two essays which I have made, and desire one of them may 
be adopted instead of the medal. In one, I make the eagle supporting a 
star with thirteen points, in the centre of which is the figure of the medal, 
with its inscriptions, as well in front as on the reverse. A legend might 
be added in the claws and go around the neck of the eagle, with a particular 
inscription, or the contour of the medal transferred there. In the other, I 
have made simply the eagle, supporting on its breast the figure of the medal, 
with a legend in his claws and about the neck, which passes behind and sus- 
tains the reverse. I would prefer the latter, as it does not resemble any 
other order, and bears a distinct character; nor will it be expensive in its 
execution. The first device, although more complex, would not be so dear 
as people might imagine, especially if the execution of it should be com- 
mitted to skillful persons, which would not be the case any more than with 
the medal, but by sending it to Europe, where it would not take up a 
great deal of time, nor be so expensive as to trust the execution of it here 
to workmen not well acquainted with the business. 

"A medal is a monument to be transmitted to posterity ; and, conse- 
quently, it is necessary that it be executed to the highest degree of perfection 
possible in the age in which it is struck. Now, to strike a medal well, is a 
matter that requires practice and a good die; and as there is not here either 
a press proper for this work, nor people who can make a good die, I would 
willingly undertake to recommend the execution of the medal, the eagle, 
or the order, to such persons in Paris as are capable of executing it to 
perfection. 

"So far from proposing to change the oval medal into an eagle, on 
which should be impressed the medal, I do not pretend to say medals can- 
not be made. On the contrary, my idea of the subject is that silver medals 
should be struck, at the common expense of the Society, and distributed, 
one to each member, as an appendage to a diploma of parchment, whereon 
it would be proper to stamp the figure of the medal, the eagle, or the star, 
in its full dimensions, and properly colored, enjoining on the members to 

278 



conform to it, though leaving them the hberty, provided it be at their own 
expense, of having it made of such metal and as small as they please, with- 
out altering any of the emblems. It seems to be by no means proper that 
the honorary members should wear the order in the same manner as the 
original members; it would be necessary that they should wear the medal, 
the star, or the eagle, round their necks, and the original members at the 
third button-hole. 

"These remarks, I beg you, my General, to have translated and submitted 
to the gentlemen concerned. I shall be obliged to you to let me know the 
issue of this letter, and their decision upon it, 

I have, etc., etc., etc., 

L'ENFANT. 

"N. B. — The head and tail of the eagle should be silver, or enamelled 
in white, the body and wings gold, the medal on its breast and back enamelled 
in the same color as the legend ; sprigs of laurel and oak might be added in 
the wings enamelled in green; the star should be pointed in gold, or enamelled 
in blue and white; those who would be at the expense might, instead of white, 
have diamonds. The riband, as is customary in all orders, should be watered." 

Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be transmitted, by the 
President, to Major L'Enfant, for his care and ingenuity in preparing 
the aforementioned designs, and that he be acquainted that they cheerfully 
embrace his offer of assistance, and request a continuance of his attention 
in carrying the designs into execution, for which purpose the President is 
desired to correspond with him. 



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INDEX 

Note. — (O. M.), Original Member; (M.), Member; (H. M.), Honorary Member. 

A 

Abbott, Leon (H. M.) 93, 256 

Adams, John 179, 180 

Allen, William Russell (M.) 65, 229 

Ammons, George Foster (M.) 246 

Anderson, Austin (M.) 58 

Anderson, James (O. M.) 21,50,203 

Appleton, Abraham (O. M.) 21, 272 

Armstrong, James F. (M.) 61, 230 

Armstrong, James Francis (O. M.) 21, 22, 51, 175, 178, 187, 196, 274 

Armstrong, Ogden (M.) 69 

Armstrong, Robert L. (M.) 23, 55, 204, 212 

Arnold, Conway H. (M.) 70 

-B 

Baldwin, Charles Adolphe ( M. ) 82 

Baldwin, Charles H. (M.) 69, 248 

Baldwin, Daniel (O. M.) 21, 50, 196 

Ballard, Jeremiah (O. M.) 21, 22, 202, 272 

Ballard, William W. (M.) 69 

Barber, Francis (M.) 22, 59 

Barber, George Clinton (M.) 22, 52, 206 

Barber, William Pancoast (M.) 3, 23, 8', 250 

DE Barras, Count 8 

Barton, Gilbert (M.) 53, 191 

Barton, Joseph L. (M.) 54 

Barton, William (O. M.) 21, 183, 272 

Beasley, Mercer (H. M.) 93. 259 

Beatty, Charles C. (M.) 22, 23, 56, 72, 242 

Beatty, Ercurius (M.) 23, 52, 201 

Beatty, John (O. M.) 21, 23, 50, 183, 203, 274 

Beatty, Richard L. (M.) 58, 215 

Bedle, Joseph D. (H. M.) 93, 256 

Beginning of the Order of the Society of the Cincinnati 4 to 17 

Belden, William 73 

Belknap, Robert Lenox (M.) 83 

Belknap, William Phoeni.x (M.) 86' 

Bell, Charles H. (H. M.) 91 

DE Benneville, James Seguin (M.) 82 

Bishop, John (O. M.) 21, 273 

Blair, John (O. M.) 21, 273 

Bloomfield, Joseph (O. M.) 21, 22, 178, 202, 274 

280 



Bloomfield, Joseph Ellis (M.) 58, 231 

Bloomfield, William R. (M.) 68 

BoGGS, Charles (H. M.) 90 

BoGGS, Lewis Dunham (M.) 83 

BoGGS. Robert Morris (M.) 65, 249 

Bonham, Absalom (O. M.) 21, 273 

Bonnell, James (O. M.) 21, 272 

Bonnell, John LaFarge (M.) 81, 251 

Bonnell, Thomas Jefferson (M.) 83 

BouDiNOT, Elias (H. M,, M.) 88, 89, 176, 189, 200, 273 

BouDiNOT, William Bradford Stockton (M.) 88 

Bowen, Seth (O. M.) 21, 196, 273 

Bowman, Nathaniel (O. M.) 21, 272 

Brearley, David (O. M.) 21, 22, 175, 199, 273 

Brearley, David Higbee (M.) 54 

Brooks, Almarin (O. M.) 21, 50, 202, 273 

Bruen, Jeremiah 50, 183, 184, 185 

Buck, John (M.) 54 

Buck, John (M.) 62, 220 

Buck, Joseph (O. M.) 21, 273 

Buck, William Bowen (M.) 22, 23, 64, 226, 263, 264 

BuRGiN, Herman 23, 68, 238, 251, 252, 253 

Burnet, Jacob (H. M.) 53, 89 

Burnet, Jacob Staats (M.) 87 

Burnet, Joseph (M.) 53 

Burnet, Robert W. ( M, ) 73 

Burnet, William (O. M.) 21, 51, 273 

Burrowes, Eden (O. M.) 21, 273 

Burrowes, John (O. M.) 21, 272 

Burrows, Cassius (M.) 58 

By-Laws, Rules and Amendments 33 to 49 

C 

Cadwalader, John L. (H. M.) 91, 231 

Cadwai,ader, Thomas (H. M.) go, 231 

Caldwell, Rev. James, Monument to 214 

Campbell, George Walker (O. M.) 22, 50, 273 

Campbell, James Wall Schureman (M.) 22, 23, 80 

Campfield, Charles Henry (M.) 80 

Campfield, Jabez (O. M.) 22, 50, 199, 274 

Campfield, William (M.) 56 

Canfield, Frederick Alexander (M.) 85 

Cassatt, Alexander J. (M.) 83 

Centennial of American Independence at Philadelphia 232, 233 

Cervera. Surrender of Admiral 261 

Cheesman, Timothy Matlack ( M. ) 69, 248 

Cheesman, Timothy Matlack (M.) 82, 260 

Chutkowski, Thaddeus Kosciusko 86, 87, 88 

Claypoole, Captain (M.) 50 

Condict, Lewis (H. M.) 89, 209, 223 

Conn, Samuel (O. M.) 21, 273 

36 281 



Conway, John (O. M.) 21, 272 

Cox, Richard (O. M.) 18, 21, 23, 196, 272 

CuMMiNG, Alexander M. (M.) 64 

CuMMiNG, Alexander McWhorter (M.) 85 

CuMMiNG, John Noble (O. M.) 21, 22, 190, 200, 272 

CuMMiNG, Richard Stockton (M.) 7°. 256 

CuMMiNG, Robert H. (M.) 22, 56, 217 

D 

Dahlgren, Ulric (M) 86 

Darby, Ephraim (O. M.) 21, 273 

Daughters of the Cincinnati 256 

Dayton, A. Ogden (M.) 68, 266 

Dayton, Aaron O. (M.) 59, 211, 222 

Dayton, Elias (O. M.) 18, 21, 22, 185, 272 

Dayton, Elias B. (M.) S3. 214 

Dayton, Hughes (M.) 71 

Dayton, Hughes (M.) 23. 85 

Dayton, Jonathan (O. M.) 21, 194, 203, 272 

Dayton, William Berrian (M.) 22, 23, 66, 238 

DeHart, Cyrus (O. M.) 21, 209, 272 

DeHart, William C. (M.) 22, 59, 212, 215 

DeHart, William C. (M.) 67 

Delegates to General Society 29, 30, 31, 32 

Dennis, Samuel Shepard (M.) 87 

Dickerson, Edward Nicoll (M.) 247 

DicKERsoN, John LaFarge (M.) 81 

Dickerson, Mahlon (H. M.) 89, 212, 217 

Dickinson, Philemon (H, M.) 90, 228 

Donations 150 to 171 

Donnell, Nathaniel (O. M.) 21, 273 

DoNNELL, William Lester (M.) 74 

Doughty, John M Si 

Dunham, Lewis CM.) 56, 222 

Dunham, Lewis Ford (O. M.) 21, 200, 273 

E 

Egg Harbor, Monument at 255 

Elmer, Ebenezer (O. M.) 18, 21, 22, 23, 183, 199, 200, 213, 272 

Elmer, Eli (O. M.) 22, 50, 273 

Elmer, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus (M.) 22, 62, 239, 242, 243 

Elmer, Theophilus M. (M.) S6 

Emmons, George F. (H. M.) 92 

DE Estaing, Count 8 

Ewing, Charles (H. M.) 89, 209 

F 

Faulkner, Peter (O. M.) 21, 273 

Finance 94 to 150, 272 

Fish, Hamilton 254 

/ 282 



Fitch, John (M.) 6g, 71, 236, 247 

Flags 262 

Ford, Chilion (O. M.) 21, 183, 273 

Ford, Edward (M.) 63 

Ford, George Washington (M.) 57 

Ford, Joshua E. (M.) 65 

Ford, Nathan (M.) 73 

Ford, Mahlon (O. M.) 22, 51 

Foreman, David (H. M., O. M.) 22, 50, 89, 274 

Foreman, Jonathan (O. M.) 18, 21, 22, 272 

Frazer, Persifor (M.) 84, 86 

Frelinghuysen, Frederick (H. M.) 89, 184 

Frelinghuysen, Frederick (H. M.) 90 

Frelinghuysen, Frederick (H. M.) 93 

Frelinghuysen, Theodore (H. M.) 89, 207, 223 

G 

Gales, Weston Spies (M.) 86, 262 

Gardiner, Asa Bird 74 

Gerard, Sieur 8 

Giles, James (O. M.) 22, 51, 181, 194, 203 

DE Grasse, Count 8 

Green, Robert Stockton (H. M.) 92, 256 

Grey, Samuel Howell (H. M.) 93. 267 

Griffin, Edward Don ( M. ) 73 

Griggs, John William (H. M.) 93. 267 

Grubb, Edward Bird ( M. ) 74. 248 

H 

Halsey, Luther (O. M.) 21, 208, 272 

Halsey, Luther (M.) 22, 23, 60, 215, 237, 238 

Halsey, Luther F. (M.) 73. 248 

Halsey, Luther Murphy (M.) 85, 256 

Hand, Brigadier-General 4 

Harris, Henry S. (M.) 73 

Harris, Jacob (O. M.) 21, 272 

Hay, Philip C. (M.) 22, 58, 206, 223 

Hay, Samuel (M.) 52. 184 

Hay, Silas Condit (M.) 88 

Heard. Franklin Anderson (M.) 70 

Heard, James (O. M.) 21, 272 

Heard, John (O. M.) 21, 203, 272 

Heard, William D. (M.) 59. 238 

Helms. William (O. M.) 21, 193, 272 

Henderson, Thomas (H. M.) 89, 273 

Hendry, Charles J. T. F. (M.) 60 

Hendry, John A. (M.) 57. 209 

Hendry, Paul Augustine (M.) 72 

Hendry. Samuel (O. M.) 21, 202, 272 

Hereditary Members 50 

283 



HOLLINSHEAD, JaMES STERLING (M.) 73, 84 

hollinshead, john (o. m.) 22, 50, 84, 274 

Holmes, John (O. M.) 21, 272 

Holmes, Jonathan (O. M.) 21, 272 

Honorary Members 89 

Hooper, Robert Lettice (H. M.) 89 

Hopkins, Charles Brearley (M.) 80 

Hopper, John (O. M.) 22, 50, 273 

Hornblower, Charles W. (M.) 67 

Hornblower, William H. (M.) 23, 67, 243, 244 

Howell, Alfred Bell ( M. ) 82, 269 

Howell, Francis Barber (M.) 81, 248 

Howell, Franklin Davenport (M.) 22, 23, 81, 257, 264 

Howell, John (O. M.) 22, 50, 272 

Howell, John C. (M) 68, 253 

Howell, Richard (O. M.) 21, 183, 273 

Howell, Richard Lewis (M.) 23, 83 

Humphreys, Frank Landon (H. M., M.) 22, 23, 86, 93, 257, 262, 263, 264, 267 

Hunter, Andrew (O. M.) 18, 21, 22, 183, 201, 273 

Hunter, David (M.) 80 

Hunter, Lewis Boudinot (M.) 81 

Hunter, Richard Stockton (M.) 81 

Huntington, Brigadier-General 4 

Hyer, Alexander C. (M.) 62, 238 

Hyer, Alexander Chambers (M.) 70 

Hyer, Jacob (O. M.) 21, 191, 272 

Hyer, William (M.) 55, 212 

I 

Idell, David Beatty (M.) 81 

Imlay, Wessel TenBroeck Stout (M.) 3, 22, 23, 80 

Incorporation, Move Toward 172 

Institution of the Society 12 

J 

Jackson, Frederick Wolcott (H. M., M.) 81, 92, 256, 267 

Jackson, Philip Nye (M.) 88 

K 

Kersey, William (O. M.) 21, 274 

Kinney, Abraham 187, 188 

Kinney, John (O. M.) 22, 51, 209 

Kinney, John Coddington (M.) 73, 251 

Kinney, Thomas Talmadge (M.) 263, 264 

Kinney, William Burnet (M.) 87 

Kinney, William R. (M.) 73, 259 

Kinney, Willis G. (M.) 86 

Knox, General Henry, Monument to 4, 262 

Kollock, Shepard (O. M.) 22, 212 

284 



L 

DE LaFayette, Marquis 202, 210, 211 

Lane, Derick (O. M.) 21, 272 

Lane, George Tibbits (M.) 80 

Lepgard, Major ( M. ) 5° 

Leonard, Nathaniel 178, 180, 272 

Lewis, Morgan 213 

Livingston, William (H. M.) 89 

Lloyd, Richard (O. M.) 21 

Lloyd, William (M.) 52, 211 

Lloyd,. Willi am (M.) 6t, 256 

Lloyd, William Edward (M.) 85 

Luce, Francis (O. M.) 21, 273 

DE LA Luzerne, Chevalier 7 

M 

McDowell, Francis Buck (M.) 23, 67, 227 

McDowell, John (M.) 23, 61, 227 

McGee, Flavel 81 

McGee, Francis (M.) 81, 88 

Markley, Hamilton (M.) 82 

Martin, Absalom (O. M.) 21, 183, 272 

Maxwell, Henry D. (M.) 83, 262 

Mead, Giles (O. M.). 20, 50, 272 

Meeting, Places of 19. 20, 266 

Members, Hereditary 5° to 88 

Members, Honorary 8g to 93 

Members, Original 

Miscellaneous 172 to 272 

Mitchell, Alexander 172, 272 

Monmouth, Battle Monument at 237, 241, 24s 

Montgomery, James Mortimer (M.) 81 

Moore, Enoch Anson (M.) Ti 

Morgan, Algernon Sidney Mountain (M.) 81 

Morgan, Charles Eldredge (M.) 87 

Morris, Austin Flint ( M. ) 87 

Mott, Gershom (H. M.) 90, 91, 245, 246 

Murphy, Franklin (H. M.) 93 

N 

Nicholson, John P. (H. M.) 93 

Nixon, John T. (H. M.) 91, 247 

O 

Ogden, Aaron (O. M.) 21, 22, 177, 188, 212, 214, 272 

Ogden, E. B. Dayton (M.) 65, 225 

Ogden, Francis B. (M.) 57. 222 

Ogden, Francis Barber (M.) 22, 23, 66, 249 

Ogden, Frederick B 66, 255 

37 285 



Ogden, George Montgomery (M.) 52 

Ogden, Henry F. (M.) 83 

Ogden, Matthias (O. M.) 21, 175, 273 

Ogden, Matthias (M.) 61, 223 

Officers 22 to 28 

Oliphant, S. Duncan (H. M.) 91 

Order, The, of the Society 7, 13 

Organization of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey 18 

Original Members 21 

osmun, bonajah (o. m.) 21, 273 

Osmun, William Case (M.) 8i, 266 

OsMUN, ZiBA Porter (M.) 88 



Parker, Joel (H. M.) 91 

Patton, Francis L. (H. M.) 92 

Paul, Almarin Brooks (M.) 70 

Peck, John (O. M.) 21, 273 

Pemberton, Robert (O. M.) 21, 272 

Pennington, Aaron S. (H. M.) 90, 228 

Pennington, Edward R. (M.) 23, 67, 244 

Pennington, J. A. (M.) 61, 84, 222 

Pennington, William (H. M., M.) 23, 58, 64, 84, 89, 210, 217, 221, 223 

Pennington, William (M.) 3, 81, 260 

Pennington, W. S. (M.) 66, 84, 227 

Pennington, William Sandford (O. M.) 21, 84, l8s, 204, 273 

Perrine, Lewis (H. M.) 92, 247 

Phillips, Horace (M.) 70 

Phillips, Horace Pease (M.) 88 

Phillips, Horatio Gates (M.) S3, 222 

Phillips, Jonathan (O. M.) 21, 183, 272 

Phillips, S. D. (M.) 64 

Piatt, Jacob (O. M.) 22, 50, 274 

Piatt, John B. (M.) 69, 255 

Piatt, John H. (M.) 69 

Piatt, John James (M.) 83 

Piatt, William (O. M.) 21, 272 

Places of Meeting 19, 266 

Platt, Isaac Hull (M.) 83 

Plume, John Jay (M.) 22, 56 

Polhemus, Edward (M.) 73 

Polhemus, John 176, 177, 273 

Polhemus, John H. (M.) 64 

Polhemus, John Hart (M.) 86 

Potter, William (H. M.) 93. 267 

Potter, William E. (H. M.) 91, 242, 243, 259 

Powell, Washington B. (M.) 86 

Prefatory Note 3 

PuBucATioNs 183, 18s, 223, 226, 229, 243, 244, 246, 247, 248, 252, 269, 271 

Pulaski Monument 255 

286 



R 

Reading, Samuel (O. M.) 21, 272 

Reckless, Anthony (O. M.) 22, 50, 196, 273 

Reckless, Anthony (M.) 73. 248 

Reckless, Joseph W. (M.) 23, 55, 216 

Reckless, William McKnight (M.) 23, 82 

Reed, James Grant (M.) 81 

Reed, John (O. M.) 21, 272 

Reed, John (O. M.) 21, 273 

Reucastle, John (O. M.) 21, 187, 273 

Rhea, Jonathan (O. M.) 21, 195, 273 

Rhea, Richard S. (M.) 55, 196 

Riker, John Jackson (M.) 82 

DE Rochambeau, Count 8 

Ross, John (O. M.) 21, 272 

Ross, Alexander (M.) 53, 71, 74, 187 

RuNYON, 'Theodore (H. M.) 92 

Ryerson, Arthur (M.) 73 



8 

Sargent, Charles Herbert (M.) 73 

ScHOFiELD, John McAluster (H. M.) 92 

Scott, Charles Smith (M.) 80, 255 

Scott, John Reed (M.) 87 

Scott, Joseph Griffiths (M.) 67, 246 

Scott, Joseph Warren (M.) 22, 58, 205, 212, 215, 220, 221, 228 

Scott, William E. D. (M.) 83 

Scudder, Nathaniel 84 

Seal of the Order 187, 197 

Sedam, Cornelius Riker (O. M.) 21, 273 

Sedam, Walter Yeatman (M.) 81 

Seeley, Samuel (O. M.) 21,273 

Sewell, William Joyce (H. M.) 92 

Seymour, Horatio (M.) 80 

Seymour, Horatio (M.) 81 

Shaw, Captain 4 

Shreve, Henry (M.) 81 

Shreve, Israel (O. M.) 21, 272 

Shreve, William Ridgway (M.) 73 

Shubrick, Edward Rutledge (H. M.) 93 

Shute, Enoch (M.) 55 

Shute, James Davies (M.) 81 

Shute, Samuel M. (O. M.) 21, 196, 273 

Shute, Samuel Moore (M.) 23, 72, 244, 259, 260 

Shute, Theodore (M.) 80 

Shute, William (O. M.) 21, 273 

Shute, William (M.) 22, 58, 212 

Sims, Charles Abercrombie (M.) 85 

Sims, Clifford Stanley (M.) 22, 65, 74, 76, 229, 257, 258 



287 



Sims, John Clarke, Jr. (M.) 67, 68, 71, 74, 257, 263, 264 

Snowden, Jonathan (O. M.) 21 

SouTHACK, Francis Lott 87 

Southard, Samuel L. (H. M.) 89, 211, 212 

Spencer, Oliver (O. M.) 21, 272 

Spencer, Oliver H. ( M. ) 54, 202 

Spencer, Robert D. (M.) 23, 61, 211, 217, 220 

Spencer, William C. (M.) 22, 67, 250 

Sprowl, Moses (O. M.) 21, 198, 273 

Steuben, Baron 4 

Stevens, Holmes B. (M.) 86 

Stevens, Sidney Augustus (M.) 80 

Stewart, Cecil (M.) 88 

Stewart, Charles Seaforth (M.) 82 

Stewart, Charles T. (H. M.) 62, 90 

Stites, Richard Montgomery (M.) 82 

Stites, Richard Wayne ( M. ) 86 

Stocker, Anthony Eugene (M.) 81 

Stocker, George FitzRandolph (M.) 86 

Stockton, Ebenezer (O, M.) 22, 51, 274 

Stockton, Harry Reeve (M.) 87 

Stockton, John P. (H. M.) 93 

Stockton, Robert (M.) 248 

Stockton, Robert Newberry (M.) 82 

Stotesbury, John (M.) 51 

Stout, Abraham (O. M.) 21, 273 

Stout, Ira Abraham (M.) 85 

Stout, Josiah Wilkin (M.) 88 

Stout, Richard M. ( M. ) 57, 221 

Stout, Wessel T. (M.) 64, 223 

Stout, Wessel Ten Broeck (O. M.) 21, 198, 273 

Stratton, James N. (H. M.) 92 

Stryker, William Bradford (M.) 87 

Stryker, William Scudder (H. M., M.) 22, 81, 83, 91, 229, 251, 252, 257, 263 

T 

The Eagle and Manner of Wearing 277 

Thomas, David Provoost (M.) 23, 80 

Thomas, Edmund Disney (O. M.) 21, 196, 272 

Thomas, George C. (M.) 22, 55, 223 

Thomas, Isaac C. (M.) 67, 246 

Thomas, James P. (M.) 65, 228 

Thomas, William (M.) 85 

Thomas, William Winans (H. M.) 92 

de Touches, Chevalier 8 

Traveling Expenses of Members 106, 109, 128, 138, 139. 197, 200, 223, 238, 243 

Trenton Battle Monument 213, 250. 251, 252, 253 

Tuttle, Joseph Farrand (M.) 73 

TuTTLE, Joseph Farrand, Jr. (M.) 87 

Tuttle, William (O. M.) 21, 211, 273 

288 



V 

Vasher, John F. (M.) 52 

Vroom, Garret Dorset Wall (H. M.) 92 

Vroom, Peter D. (M.) 68 

W 

Walker, A. F. (M.) 62, 216 

Walker, George (O. M.) 21, 273 

Walker, James Robinson (M.) 67, 249 

Wall, Garret D. (H. M.) 89, 208, 213, 217 

Wall, James W. (M.) ^,229 

Ward, William Greene 263 

Washington, George 9, 181, 191 

Washington's Crossing Monument 257 

Washington Headquarters at Rocky Hill 260 

Werts, George T. ( H. M.) 93 

Weyman, Abel (O. M.) 21, 272 

White, Anthony W. (M.) 52 

Whitlock, Ephriam Lockhart (O. M.) 21, 203, 273 

Whitlock, Thomas (M.) 80 

Whitlock, William Henry (M.) 81 

WiLMER, George Thornton (M.) 81 

Wilmer, William Holland (M.) 87 

Wilson, Henry Applegate (M.) 3, 86 

Wood, Edward Meeker (H. M.) 93 

Woodruff, Charles Hornblovver (M. ) 3, 85 



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